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Soldier from 28 Engineer Regiment killed in Afghanistan

The soldier was killed by small arms fire from a suspected member of the Afghan National Army (ANA) who turned his weapon on ANA and ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) soldiers at Patrol Base Hazrat in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Major Laurence Roche, said: It is my painful duty to report the death of a soldier from 28 Engineer Regiment who was shot and killed by a suspected member of the Afghan National Army at a patrol base in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province

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Corporal David O’Connor and Corporal Channing Day killed in Afghanistan

By Sharon Black

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Corporal David O’Connor from 40 Commando Royal Marines and Corporal Channing Day from 3 Medical Regiment on Wednesday 24 October 2012 while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province.

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40 Commando takes command in Nahr-e Saraj

By Sharon Black

40 Commando Royal Marines officially completed the transfer of command of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North) on 21 September 2012 from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.

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Guardsman Karl Whittle killed in Afghanistan

By Sharon Black

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Guardsman Karl Whittle of The Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 7 September 2012 having sustained gunshot wounds when his checkpoint was attacked by insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province on 14 August 2012.

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Soldier from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment killed in Afghanistan

By Sharon Black

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (1 PWRR) was killed in the Jamal Kowi area of the Nahr-e Saraj district of Central Helmand on 20 November 2011.

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Bomb disposal pair clears Taliban IED factory

By Sharon Black

Two members of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED TF) have spent two full days making safe an IED factory found by British soldiers in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand province.

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RAF air power support for OMID HAFT

By Sharon Black

RAF aircraft, crews and other personnel provided vital support to the recent Operation OMID HAFT (Hope Seven), an Afghan-led campaign to rid the area around Nahr-e Saraj of insurgents.

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British and Afghan forces build on success of joint operation

By Sharon Black

Less than a month after British and Afghan forces launched a major operation against insurgents in Helmand’s Nahr-e Saraj district, locals there are benefiting from improved security and freedom of movement.

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Soldier from 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Staffords)

By Sharon Black

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce the death of a soldier from the 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Staffords), who was killed on Saturday 18 June 2011. The soldier was shot while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj (North) District of Helmand Province and died of his injuries.

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Irish Guards continue to drive out insurgents

By Sharon Black

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards have further stamped their authority on an insurgent-occupied area of Helmand’s Nahr-e Saraj district, after defying enemy fighters to launch a confident reconnaissance mission.

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Afghan Army launches air assault in central Helmand

By Sharon Black

Afghan forces have carried out the largest air assault operation undertaken in over a year in central Helmand to disrupt insurgent activity in the villages of Malgir and Kopak, in the Nahr-e Saraj district.

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Afghan children help British engineers repair bridge

By Sharon Black

A group of Afghan children have helped British troops repair a collapsed bridge and get the southern Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand moving again.

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2 RTR partner with Danish counterparts during 2 PARA operation

By Sharon Black

During a recent 2 PARA Battle Group operation in the area of Nahr-e Saraj (South), the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment’s (2 RTR’s) Mastiff Group conducted a joint operation with their Leopard tank counterparts in the Danish Army.