MOD rejects MPs' demand for inquiry into Afghanistan campaign
More than 15,000 people were flown out of Afghanistan in 2021 by the RAF in the biggest UK airlift since the Second World War.
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Afghanistan Ministers warned over 'eviction notices' being given to Afghan refugees
Veterans minister Johnny Mercer said the £1m daily cost of housing around 8,000 Afghan refugees in hotels is unsustainable.
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Ukraine Medical lessons learned in Afghanistan now helping injured Ukrainian troops
Soldiers have experienced fractures, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, and burns.
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Afghanistan Afghanistan law-breakers should be referred to authorities to protect military's reputation, inquiry chairman says
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave described allegations made against members of the UK Armed Forces as 'extremely serious'.
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Politics MOD apologises for telling Afghan interpreters to get Taliban's permission to come to UK
The MOD say they are now conducting an investigation to find out what went wrong.
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USA Hero dog Shimanski honoured as four-tour US Marine Corps veteran for 'unwavering courage'
Retired Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Shimanski was honoured during the third annual Animals in War and Peace medal ceremony.
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Afghanistan US marine recalls harrowing suicide bombing at Kabul airport during Afghanistan withdrawal
Sgt Vargas-Andrews told Congress the withdrawal was a 'catastrophe' with 'an inexcusable lack of accountability and negligence'.
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Afghanistan 'Open and honest' review of UK Afghanistan involvement required, MPs say
Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood called the withdrawal, which came as Kabul fell to the Taliban, a "dark chapter in UK military history".
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Afghanistan New Jake Gyllenhaal film The Covenant shines light on soldiers' bond with Afghan interpreters
'The Covenant' focuses on the deep bond created between Gyllenhaal's character and his Afghan interpreter.
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Prince Harry Prince Harry says he was prepared to risk capture in Afghanistan to carry out first mission
The Duke of Sussex said he had been prepared to ignore a "land now" warning light in his helicopter cockpit.
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Prince Harry Prince Harry accused of making Invictus Games a terrorist target with Taliban claims
Admiral Lord West, former head of the Royal Navy, called Prince Harry "very stupid" for giving details of his Taliban kills.
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Prince Harry Taliban leader condemns Prince Harry's Afghanistan killings descriptions
Anas Haqqani, Taliban leader, said "not many have your decency to reveal their conscience and confess to their war crimes".
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Prince Harry Prince Harry 'killed 25 people in Afghanistan'
The Duke of Sussex reportedly discusses the number of Taliban fighters he killed for the first time in his upcoming autobiography, Spare.
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Afghanistan Defence minister calls for 'swift' inquiry into Afghanistan unlawful killings claims
The inquiry, due to start in early 2023, will also focus on the "adequacy of subsequent investigations" by the MOD into the accusations.
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Afghanistan Inquiry launched into claims of unlawful killings by UK soldiers in Afghanistan
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace commissioned the inquiry to start in early 2023.
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Afghanistan Afghan interpreters 'deserve recognition as much as those who served with a weapon in hand'
During the UK's 20-year military presence in the country, more than 2,500 interpreters worked alongside UK servicemen and women.