![Prime Minister Gordon Brown chats with Military Police personnel at Camp Bastion [Picture: SAC K Waterson]](/web/20071211192655im_/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Templates/GenerateThumbnail.aspx?imageURL=/NR/rdonlyres/23E6CBCB-8E85-4E6F-AD9F-09771AE10918/0/CA6TNLSG.jpg&MaxSize=70)
The Prime Minister has called operations against the Taliban "one of the most important of missions"... 10 Dec 07
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Sergeant Lee Johnson... 9 Dec 07
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Afghan security forces, supported by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, are... 9 Dec 07