| 2 Feb 06 | Coalition attack and support helicopters earmarked for operating in southern Afghanistan later in 2006 will have less need to divert from frontline activity to refuel now that the RAF, along with other units of the Joint Helicopter Command, have taken delivery of new huge off-road tankers. |
| 31 Jan 06 | THE soldiers of 3 Para don't know what the weather will be like when they arrive in Afghanistan later this year, but Exercise Herrick Eagle, which culminated on a cold hilltop in Wiltshire at the end of January 2006, aimed to prepare them for the worst that they might find. |
| 30 Jan 06 | The Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram welcomed Abdul Rahim Wardak, the Defence Minister of Afghanistan, to the Ministry of Defence. Following last week's announcement that a military task force is to be deployed to Afghanistan, the two Ministers met today to discuss key issues. |
| 26 Jan 06 | Around 3,300 British forces will deploy to the south of Afghanistan this year, Secretary of State for Defence John Reid announced. In a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Reid said that the dangers of military action in Afghanistan paled in comparison to the risks Britain would face if the international community allowed the country to become a sanctuary for international terrorism again, and that abandoning Afghanistan was simply not an option. |
| 8 Dec 05 | At a meeting held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels NATO Ministers agreed the revised operational plan for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which provides strategic guidance for increased NATO support to the Afghan Government in extending its authority and influence across the country. |
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