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British and Afghan soldiers were recently flown into an area of Helmand province which has rarely seen security forces in an attempt to reassure the local population.
Personnel from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (1 YORKS) are starting a gruelling six-month tour in Afghanistan where they will work alongside the Afghan National Army to help them prepare to fully take over security operations in the country.
Commando Gunners from 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery have helped the Afghan National Army (ANA) develop patrolling, casualty-handling and searching skills to the extent that the ANA can now run checkpoints and carry out patrols on their own.
For the past few months a group of Commando Gunners have been putting the advice they received from civilian police in the UK into practice as they mentor members of the Afghan Police in Helmand.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR) have been training new, elite teams of Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.
Soldiers from 24 Commando Engineer Regiment have trained a team of Afghan National Army (ANA) troops in how to carry out major infrastructure projects without ISAF help.
Throughout the fasting period of Ramadan the Afghan National Army (ANA) are still working hard with the help of their British mentors to ensure that the local population in Helmand remains safe and protected.
Royal Engineers from 59 Commando Squadron have completed construction of an Afghan Local Police (ALP) station in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province.
A Gurkha soldier who received a Mention in Dispatches (MID) for bravely holding off an insurgent ambush on an Afghan National Police (ANP) patrol two years ago is back in Helmand once again.
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) instructors are teaching members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) the fundamentals of identifying and countering improvised explosive devices on a new course at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province.
Soldiers from the 9th/12th Royal Lancers and their Afghan colleagues have, since March, been helping to keep one of the busiest and most important roads in Afghanistan open.