US General Takes Command Of NATO Mission In Afghanistan
US Army General Austin Miller has assumed command of the 41-nation NATO mission in Afghanistan following a handover ceremony.
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News UK Troops Deploy To Afghanistan To Join NATO Mission
The soldiers are part of a 440-troop commitment the Prime Minister made to NATO’s capacity building mission in Afghanistan in July.
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News IS Fighters In Afghanistan 'Communicating With UK Terror Cells'
Terrorists in Afghanistan have made UK links and pose a "real threat" to Britain, the Defence Secretary has warned.
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News Foreign Pilot And Two Afghan Soldiers Die In Helicopter Crash
A foreign pilot and two Afghan soldiers were killed when a helicopter contracted by Nato crashed inside an army base, an Afghan official has ...
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News China Denies Plans To Deploy Troops To Afghanistan
The nation says reports suggesting it is planning to deploy troops to Afghanistan are "simply not true".
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News 'Unprecedented Opportunity' For Peace In Afghanistan, Says US Commander
General John Nicholson said the "ceasefire really unleashed the Afghan people’s desire for peace and an end to violence".
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News Afghan President Visits Ghazni Following Taliban Assault
US-backed Afghan forces forced out Taliban after it infiltrated deep into the key provincial capital.
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News Back To Bastion: Returning Four Years After British Troops Left Helmand
What happened to Camp Bastion? For nearly a decade it was the epicentre of Britain’s war in Afghanistan - a huge military city built in the ...
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News 34 Afghans Killed In Taliban Attacks Across The Country
A Taliban attack on two adjacent checkpoints in northern Afghanistan has left 30 Afghan soldiers and police officers dead.
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News ANA Soldiers Killed As Taliban Target Afghan Military Base
The Afghan Defence Ministry said insurgents overran the base after besieging it for three days.
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News Troops Left Afghanistan 'Too Soon', Says Top US General
Brigadier General Benjamin Watson says the withdrawal left Afghan security forces with "more than they could handle".
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News Taliban Fighting Continues In Key Afghan City
Afghanistan's army chief insists the government retains control of key facilities in the city of Ghazni.
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News President Trump Presents Posthumous Medal Of Honor
Air Force Technical Sergeant John Chapman's family received the medal from the US President.
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News Afghan Interpreter To Stay In UK After 'Being Treated Like A Criminal'
Hafizzulah Husseinkhel waited two-and-a-half years before being granted the right to remain in Britain.
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News Increase In Afghan Civilian Casualties, Says UN Report
The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan in the first half of this year has increased by 1% compared to the same period last year ...
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Afghanistan How Many Troops Are Currently In Afghanistan?
We take a look at the numbers of troops from different nations currently in Afghanistan