Operations in AfghanistanUK troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), creating a stable environment to help the Afghan Government to extend its authority across the country and to enable reconstruction and development to take place.Ranger Justin James Cupples killed in Afghanistan- September 5, 2008 It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Ranger Justin James Cupples of 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) on Thursday 4 September 2008 in southern Afghanistan.http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/RangerJustinJamesCupplesK... Browne praises Kajaki operation- September 5, 2008 Defence Secretary Des Browne, has written to The Guardian newspaper explaining that in his opinion their editorial from Thursday 4 September 2008, stating that the recent operation to deliver a turbine to Kajaki dam was merely a symbol, is wrong.http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/BrownePraisesKajaki... British troops complete operation to deliver vital power turbine- September 2, 2008 Around 2,000 British troops in Afghanistan have taken part in a huge convoy to deliver a hydro-electric turbine 180 kilometres by road from Kandahar airfield to Kajaki dam.http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/BritishTroopsCompleteOper... Stamford crowds welcome home 3 Squadron from Kandahar- September 2, 2008 Around 2,000 people packed the streets of Stamford, Lincolnshire, today, Tuesday 2 September 2008, to welcome home the personnel of 3 Squadron RAF Regiment from a difficult six month deployment to Kandahar, southern Afghanistan.http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/StamfordCrowdsWelcomeHome3S... |