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UKForcesAfghan

  1. Afghan and British troops discover huge drugs and explosives cache bit.ly/KCc6ag 6:51 AM May 29th via twitterfeed
  2. Engineering a way to success bit.ly/LPoZPx 6:42 AM May 29th via twitterfeed
  3. “Green on blue” in Helmand – what the international media don’t tell you bit.ly/KDOEcT 6:40 AM May 29th via twitterfeed
  4. Captain Stephen James Healey killed in Afghanistan bit.ly/KKrNx0 10:11 AM May 28th via twitterfeed
  5. Afghanistan's supergran crimebuster on wheels: bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-… 4:33 AM May 28th via Twitter for Mac
  6. 1 RTR soldiers return home from Afghanistan bit.ly/Kdz33n 8:00 AM May 23rd via twitterfeed
  7. Royal Navy medic receives Military Cross at Buckingham Palace bit.ly/KxSnd2 9:15 AM May 16th via twitterfeed
  8. Pressure, partnership and progress bit.ly/JGWsLe 9:08 AM May 16th via twitterfeed
  9. Afghan officials discover nine tonnes of explosives bit.ly/KOMpUz 7:00 AM May 16th via twitterfeed
  10. Sergeant Paul Morse of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps speaks about his role as a Police Mentor in Afghanistan: youtu.be/V7PQx2lyIWw 2:25 AM May 16th via Twitter for Mac
  11. UK bomb disposal specialists train Afghan soldiers bit.ly/LNJ1c8 7:59 AM May 15th via twitterfeed
  12. Corporal Andrew Steven Roberts and Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi killed in Afghanistan bit.ly/KrBpNw 7:54 AM May 15th via twitterfeed
  13. Final Helmand district in UK operational area enters transition process bit.ly/JBphJ1 7:49 AM May 15th via twitterfeed
  14. Corporal Brent John McCarthy and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies killed in Afghanistan bit.ly/JBnT9g 7:44 AM May 15th via twitterfeed
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  • Bio The official UK Forces Twitter site run jointly from Helmand in Afghanistan and London.
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