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The Sun UK
| 8 months ago
British troops in Afghanistan will leave by the end of next year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond indicated yesterday. He said a significant number around 4,000 will be home by the start of 2014. This follows a change in mood among senior military...
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Xtra News
| 8 months ago
Commemoration service for NZ Coastwatchers Natasha Burling, Newstalk ZB October 15, 2012, 10:57 am Soldiers who tracked enemy movements in the Pacific Islands during World War II are being remembered today. A wreath-laying ceremony is starting around...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
16 Five British Royal Marines have been charged with murdering an insurgent in Afghanistan's Helmand Province last year. Video footage found on a serviceman's laptop shows members of 3 Commando Brigade standing around a Taliban fighter as he lay...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
14 October 2012 Britain will bring home 4,000 troops from Afghanistan next year under plans to speed up the pace of British withdrawal. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond revealed the mass pullout, the first senior minister to put a concrete number on...
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Chicago Tribune
| 8 months ago
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to British and U.S. troops at Camp Bastion, outside Lashkar Gah, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan July 4, 2011. Britain plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year, Defence Secretary...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
Five of Britain's elite Royal Marines have been charged with murder following an incident with an insurgent in Afghanistan last year, the Ministry of Defence said on Sunday. It is believed to be the first time that British servicemen have faced such...
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Russia Today
| 8 months ago
Showal in Nad-e-Ali district, Southern Afghanistan, in Helmand Province.(AFP Photo / Thomas Coex) The UK plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan in 2013 following the arrest of 9 Marines for the suspected murder of an unarmed militant. Britain is...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond wants to see the TA become more closely aligned with the regular army Defence Secretary Philip Hammond today said he hoped the Territorial Army (TA) would be renamed the Army Reserve and become an 'integral part of...
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The Economic Times
| 8 months ago
Britain plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday, as pressure mounts to end British involvement in the costly and unpopular war. More than 430 British troops have been killed in...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 8 months ago
Britain has said 500 of its 9500 troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn this year, and all will be brought home by the end of 2014, when international troops are due to hand security over to Afghan forces. But it has not announced exactly how many...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says cabinet colleague Michael Gove was reflecting "what many of us feel" in warning that the UK could leave the EU. The Mail on Sunday reports that Mr Gove believes it is time to tell the European Union to "give us...
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The Daily Star
| 8 months ago
Country Comment Html tags are not allowed. * Word Count: Left: Alert me of future comments Your comment was sent successfully, thank you... Story Summary Britain plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year, Defence Secretary...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in Afghanistan last year, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Sunday. They are the first British troops to be charged with murder in the country since deployments began in 2001. The five...
