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Afghan soldiers and police, supported by British troops, have completed an operation to clear insurgents from the Lower Gereshk Valley, in the north of Nahr-e Saraj district.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has visited the British Army’s rapid reaction force, meeting its soldiers and learning about the equipment they use on operations.
British soldiers and civilians working in Helmand province have taken on the local cricket team in a match designed to improve relations between the UK military forces and the local population they are working amongst.
In a break from the parade ground norm, soldiers and civilian staff from 16 Air Assault Brigade’s headquarters walked up a Welsh mountain last week to collect their Afghanistan campaign medals.
British soldiers and US Marines have been working closely for the past six months to improve the capability of the Afghan National Police (ANP).