afghanistan

Let Down from 359Rabbit 375 days old

SAS commanders pleaded with defence officials not to be sent to Afghanistan in poorly protected Snatch Land Rovers following the deaths of four of their ...

Afghanistan from 359Rabbit 474 days old

A British soldier was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The MoD said the serviceman, who was from ...

The George Cross from 359Rabbit 481 days old

[ ... ] in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in February. He immediately dropped to the ground and lay across the grenade, being blown into the air as it went ...

Friendly Fire from 359Rabbit 493 days old

Friendly fire, has seriously injured 3 members of 2 Para and wounded 9 others, the MoD is investigating how this could happen. The Para were on a routine ...

Four More Die from 359Rabbit 516 days old

Four soldiers one believed to be a woman have been killed in Afghanistan, they were caught in the blast from a road side blast yesterday afternoon.  This ...

Returned Home from 359Rabbit 517 days old

The bodies of five British soldiers from one regiment who were killed in Afghanistan have been flown to the UK. They arrived at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire ...

More Troops to be Deployed from 359Rabbit 518 days old

Britain will announce extra troops for Afghanistan later - bringing numbers to their highest level yet, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. Defence ...

Afghanistan from 359Rabbit 521 days old

Two more soldiers from the Parachute Regiment have been killed in Afghanistan, it brings to 5 the total members of the Regiment to be killed this week. ...

Air Strike from 359Rabbit 523 days old

[ ... ] Western forces in Afghanistan over Pakistani efforts to negotiate pacts to end militant violence on its side of the border. NATO says such deals ...

Afghanistan - What Can be Done from 359Rabbit 524 days old

The number of British troops killed in Afghanistan has reached 100 since operations began in 2001. Apart from the 100 dead, the thousands injured and ...