Sources: BBC
A ship carrying 635 mostly Afghan migrants from the crowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos arrives in the mainland port city of Thessaloniki. A second ship carrying 800 more is expected to arrive tomorrow. They are to be housed in Nea Kavala Καβάλα Κιλκίς, where a camp already houses 1,000 migrants. 2019-09-2
Five people are killed and over 10 injured in an IED bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. 2019-06-3
The United States Central Command launches an investigation into a video posted on YouTube which appears to show a U.S. service member firing on civilians inside a truck on a road in Afghanistan. The montage video, titled "Happy Few Ordnance Symphony", has since been removed. 2018-01-10
A mortar attack in Afghanistan's central Wardak province kills at least 12 people. 2015-12-4
Six British Army soldiers are missing presumed killed in Afghanistan. 2012-03-7
United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence, Liam Fox announces plans to reduce the British Army to its smallest size since the start of the Second Boer War just over a century ago. By 2020, troop numbers will be reduced from the present 101,000 to 82,000, with a greater reliability on Territorial Army soldiers. 2011-07-18
Two British soldiers from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards are killed fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand province. 2011-03-24
A British Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. 2011-02-14
William Hague, the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, says that British soldiers should be out of Afghanistan by 2014. 2010-07-20