British troops in Afghanistan will have their tour of duty extended to nine months starting from September, the Defence Secretary has told to MPs. Philip Hammond detailed a new timetable which means only two more brigades will be sent to Helmand province before the UK withdraws its troops by 2015. He said the move would ...
Afghan translators working with British troops fear they will be hunted down and kill...
David Cameron this morning acknowledged Britain had “paid a very high price” for its ...
David Cameron is preparing to reject pleas from Afghan interpreters working for Briti...
Nine foreign nationals have been captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan after a helic...
Jim Murphy MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, said in the House of Commons today in response to the statement on Army tours in Afghanistan: "It is essential t...
The troop rotation arrangements outlining the tour lengths for deployed UK personnel between now and the end of UK combat operations in 2014 have been announced to P...
The Defence Secretary has announced extended tours of duty for some soldiers during the drawdown of British forces from Afghanistan. Making a statement to the Hou...
Jim Murphy MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, responding to reports that service personnel may serve longer tours in Afghanistan, said: "If this is driven by m...
Lord Dannatt said that while it was "difficult to imagine a future national government of Afghanistan which was dominated by the Taliban", he could see "areas of sou...
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