Army

Scottish Troops Return To Afghanistan To Train Army

Hundreds of Scottish troops are to be deployed to Afghanistan.

2 SCOTS soldiers are due to leave from their barracks in Penicuik on a deployment expected to last for seven months.

About 250 soldiers will be based in the Afghan army college near Kabul.

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Their role will be to assist in the training of Afghan army soldiers and officers as part of Operation Toral, the ongoing British mission to support Afghan security forces.

"You've got to look at what went before and yes, it is not without risk of course, and as a British soldier deploying on an operation overseas you would expect that.

"But it feels very, very different and we are not the ones who are primarily in the lead.

"It is the Afghans in the lead. We are there in a supporting role, helping them to develop their institutions so that they can then deliver more enduring stability to their own country."