600 UK Troops Sent To Afghanistan To Rescue Brits And Interpreters
Personnel are to be deployed, as the Taliban continues a violent offensive.
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Army Afghanistan Veteran Fundraising For Interpreters Who 'Can't Afford' UK Sanctuary
Former soldier Julian Perreira says those who supported troops fighting the Taliban now face financial as well as bureaucratic obstacles.
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Afghanistan Afghanistan: Taliban Seizes Ghazni's Provincial Capital, Just 80 Miles From Kabul
Ghazni city is the 10th provincial capital to fall in a week to the Taliban.
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Afghanistan Afghanistan: Interpreter Deaths Were 'As Tragic As Losing A Soldier'
The first commander of a British task force in Helmand says excluding Afghan civilians from relocating to the UK is like a "death sentence".
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Afghanistan Could The Afghanistan Deployment Happen Today?
Western forces are nearing the end of their withdrawal from Afghanistan - but could such a deployment ever happen again?
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Afghanistan Afghanistan: Biden 'Does Not Regret' US Withdrawal
Three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan have fallen to the Taliban, officials have said.
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Afghanistan Fears Evacuation Plan Needed For Afghan Interpreters If Government Collapses
A former senior British officer in the war-torn country spoke to Forces News as the Taliban seizes more territory.
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World China And Russia Team Up For Joint Military Drills
The exercises, involving ground troops and air forces, come amid growing instability in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan Taliban Fighters Seize Control Of Afghan Provincial Capital Kunduz
Kunduz is a strategic crossroads with good access to much of northern Afghanistan as well as the capital, Kabul, about 200 miles away.
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Afghanistan Foreign Office Advises All UK Nationals To Leave Afghanistan Immediately
The change in advice comes in the face of growing turmoil, as Taliban forces sweep across the country.
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News Afghanistan: What Would It Take To Get US And Coalition Forces Back Into The Country?
Violence has intensified after US President Joe Biden said troops would fully withdraw from the country by the end of the month.
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Afghanistan Afghanistan Withdrawal: Should The UK Return To The Country?
International troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan in May.
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Afghanistan Afghanistan: Air Strikes Target Taliban In South As Insurgents Gain In North
There has been intense fighting in recent days, as the Taliban seeks to increase its presence.
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News Government 'Cannot Be Allowed To Cut And Run' From Afghanistan, Says Labour
Shadow Armed Forces Minister Stephen Morgan accused the Government of "failing" Afghan staff who supported British Armed Forces.
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News Afghanistan: Why Is Lashkar Gah Important?
The city is the seat for the Provincial Governor and contains Afghan National Army and Police headquarters and training centres.
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Afghanistan Before The Taliban: When Kabul Was The 'Paris Of Central Asia'
The Afghanistan of the 1950s and 1960s was worlds away from what it became after Communist coups, Soviet invasion and Taliban rule