| 29 Oct 07 | Army and RAF Personnel, from the Joint Helicopter Force Signals Troop, serving in Kandahar, have cycled the equivalent of 2,000 kilometeres to raise money for Cancer Research UK. |
| 24 Oct 07 | Six months ago the town of Sangin was controlled by the Taliban and the small ISAF unit there was under siege. But as 12 Mechanized Brigade’s six month deployment to Afghanistan came to an end yesterday, the town is thriving once again with a Governor and Chief of Police, and throughout Helmand the Taliban have been put on the back foot.
In the second part of our exclusive interview with BBC News presenter Huw Edwards about his experiences embedded with UK troops we hear about the challenges of reporting from Afghanistan, how good news is out there if you look hard enough and also how the military and the media might improve relations between them. Report by Barry Shaw. |
| 23 Oct 07 | After a three month deployment to Afghanistan, a period which saw some fierce fighting and heavy casualties, soldiers from a Territorial Army field hospital have returned home to North West England humbled by their experience. |
| 22 Oct 07 | In March 2007 the BBC spent a week in Iraq embedded with British troops. A few months later they visited Afghanistan to see what troops are doing there. Here, the man who anchored the BBC News at Ten from both of those countries, presenter Huw Edwards, talks exclusively to the MOD about his experiences of being up close and personal with the military. Report by Barry Shaw. |
| 22 Oct 07 | In facilities similar to those which many British troops would recognise back home soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment are giving the Afghan National Army the tactical training to take the fight to the Taliban themselves. |
| 18 Oct 07 | A soldier who slept on a land mine in Afghanistan which then exploded in the morning sending shrapnel into his arm is returning to his unit just three weeks later thanks to the efforts of Defence medical staff. |
| 16 Oct 07 | After a brutal but successful six month deployment in Helmand which left nine dead and 57 wounded, soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, (the Vikings), were welcomed home. |
| 15 Oct 07 | The area around Forward Operating Base (FOB) Arnhem has seen continual fighting over the last 12 months and until recently was a Taliban stronghold. That was, until a new type of Warrior arrived in the neighbourhood, and one that is giving local villagers the confidence to come home. |
| 14 Oct 07 | Soldiers of Somme Company, London Regiment, were greeted by around 750 family members and colleagues as they made their Afghanistan homecoming parade at London's Guildhall. |
| 11 Oct 07 | Defence Secretary Des Browne met his American counterpart Robert M Gates in London to discuss the two countries' common defence goals, with a particular focus on Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| 10 Oct 07 | Commander 52 Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Andrew Mackay, assumed command of Task Force Helmand in southern Afghanistan at one minute past midnight, this morning.
Harriers have been operating out of Kandahar as a coalition asset since 2004, but their potential as ground-attack aircraft was rarely exploited until last year, when the responsibility for taming the Taliban in Helmand passed to British control.
48 Field Squadron Royal Engineers won the Judges' special award in the British Construction Industry Awards for their building of Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. |
| 8 Oct 07 | 140 additional Mastiff vehicles are to be bought by the MOD to enhance the mobility and protection afforded to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, announced Gordon Brown. |
| 4 Oct 07 | It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Major Alexis Roberts, serving with 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles in Southern Afghanistan. |
| 27 Sep 07 | Soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles are currently taking part in a Task Force offensive involving 2,500 troops in decisive operations in Helmand Province, their first major operation since their arrival in Afghanistan earlier this month. |
| 26 Sep 07 | The first 160 Royal Marine Commandoes from 40 Commando are deploying to Afghanistan, 'raring to go and with morale sky high,' said their Commanding Officer. |
| 25 Sep 07 | Armed Forces personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan will benefit from a tax-free rebate on the cost of council tax in new measures announced by Defence Secretary Des Browne.
A large dose of morale in the form of parcels and letters has just landed at the British Forces' main base in Afghanistan courtesy of the Royal Mail's new free postal service. |
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