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Gunners cross Atlantic for charity

By Sharon Black

Soldiers from 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (7 Para RHA) have recently sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, raising £5,000 for charity, just months after returning from Afghanistan.

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Paratroopers return from Afghanistan

By Sharon Black

Soldiers from Colchester-based B Company of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan today to a rapturous reception from their families.

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3 PARA help revive Chah-e Anjir bazaar

By Sharon Black

UK and Afghan forces, led by British troops from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), are helping reopen a bazaar of more than 100 shops in the Helmand town of Chah-e Anjir, once too dangerous for local trade due to the insurgent threat.

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Soldier killed in Helmand

By Sharon Black

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 14 February 2011.

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Paratroopers partner Afghan warriors

By Sharon Black

Lieutenant Jonny Mortimer-Hendry from D Company, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, on his first tour of Afghanistan, is leading his team in northern Nad ‘Ali, to partner and help develop their Afghan counterparts.