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Helmand Blog has moved! 20 Aug 2010 | 08:49 pm
Helmand Blog - Afghanistan has moved to a new location! The new look Helmand Blog has now officially replaced this site. All the posts on here have been migrated and, as always, new posts are going u...
British and Afghan troops keep Helmand highway open 19 Aug 2010 | 02:28 am
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards (1 SG) and The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) have been working jointly with Afghan National Security Forces to keep traffic moving along a key road in central...
David Cameron Comments on Afghanistan 19 Aug 2010 | 02:21 am
By Tom Newton Dunn, Political Editor, The Sun DAVID Cameron today reveals he is on a lightning mission to reform Britain – while his Coalition is still riding the crest of its popularity. The PM – in...
Jersey reservists swap island life for Helmand 19 Aug 2010 | 02:10 am
Two Territorial Army volunteers from Jersey Field Squadron have swapped civilian life on the channel island for the heat and dust of Helmand province, and are now working with the regular Army unit 21...
From war zone to boomtown for Helmand capital 18 Aug 2010 | 03:41 am
BBC News South Asia Website Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan's Helmand province, was a war zone when the BBC's Bilal Sarwary visited four years ago. Upon his return he discovers it completely ...
Fertiliser used to make roadside bombs seized in Afghanistan 17 Aug 2010 | 05:30 pm
Afghan police have seized enough explosive chemicals to make hundreds of homemade bombs after finding it hidden in paint and pickle boxes in the back of a lorry in southern Kandahar. Ammonium nitrate...
VIDEO: Sayedabad Flag Raising 17 Aug 2010 | 04:50 pm
Following on from the post last week, BFBS Reports utilised Combat Camera Team imagery to support their latest report.
Sapper Ishwor Gurung killed in Afghanistan 17 Aug 2010 | 03:23 am
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sapper Ishwor Gurung from 69 Gurkha Field Squadron, 21 Engineer Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 13 August 2010. On 13 A...
VIDEO: Dr Liam Fox in Afghanistan 17 Aug 2010 | 03:14 am
BFBS Forces News interviewed Dr Liam Fox during his recent visit to Afghanistan.
Petraeus Opposes a Rapid Pullout in Afghanistan 17 Aug 2010 | 03:08 am
By Dexter Filkins, New York Times Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander of American and NATO forces, began a campaign on Sunday to convince an increasingly skeptical public that the American-led coal...
