Wreaths were laid today to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the UK partnership Afghanistan Warning.
Around 457 British personnel killed during the conflict were remembered in two small ceremonies this morning at 7.30 am as wreaths were laid at the Bastion Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Iraq and the Afghanistan Memorial near the Ministry of Defense in central London.
This comes just months after the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan Taliban Occupied the country again.
Claire Hill, whose only child James was killed in 2009, told BBC ‘The hurt never goes away’ but he has to ‘believe he made a difference’.
On 7 October 2001, US-led coalition air strikes on airports and terrorist training camps marked the beginning of the war. This was followed by terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11.
Armed Forces Minister James Happy and Major General Gerald Strickland lay a wreath at the Camp Bastion Memorial, marking 20 years since the start of UK operations in Afghanistan.
A trumpeter plays The Last Post during a wreath-laying service at the Camp Bastion Memorial near the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Litchfield, Staffordshire
Wreaths were laid at Camp Bastion Memorial. Nearly 457 British personnel killed during the conflict are remembered today on the 20th anniversary of the start of the conflict in Afghanistan
The Defense Ministry organized today’s ceremony to honor the ‘courage and commitment of its people’ during the war.
Piper Major Color Sergeant Peter Grant took out a procession in Staffordshire and said the service was important for reflection on the conflict.
Sergeant Grant, who was the lone piper at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral, said it was ‘quite emotional’ to see the names of the people he served with on the wall of the Bastion memorial.
Nearly 12 years after James Hill’s death, his parents said they were proud of his service, but couldn’t deal with the thought that his life was doomed.
James was 23 and about to marry when he was assassinated by an improvised explosive device in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.
Armed Forces Minister James Happy and Major General Gerald Strickland arrive for a wreath-laying service at Camp Bastion Memorial
Mr Happy looks at the names of soldiers and women killed during 20 years of conflict. Defense Ministry organizes today’s ceremony to honor the ‘courage and commitment of its people’ during the war
Mrs. Hill said: ‘There’s a void, a hole here that no one can fill.’
Her husband said: ‘Remembrance Day for most people is November 11, but for people like us, Remembrance Day is every day.’
Stuart Total, a former colonel who commanded the Parachute Regiment, led British troops to Helmand in 2006, when a peacekeeping operation turned into a bloody conflict.
He stated that the ‘concept was flawed’ and believed that the army was withdrawn from the area too quickly. Mr Total said there had been no victory, but that although Britain could not be proud of the result, it could be proud of what the troops tried to achieve.
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Armed Forces Minister James Happy and Major General Gerald Strickland paid floral tributes. It comes months after British troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban regained control of the country.
Members of the Armed Forces lay a wreath at the Camp Bastion Memorial. Claire Hill, whose only child James was killed in 2009, told the BBC ‘the hurt never goes away’ but she ‘has to believe it made a difference’
On 7 October 2001, US-led coalition air strikes on airports and terrorist training camps marked the beginning of the war. This was followed by terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11. Image: Wreaths were laid today at the Camp Bastion Memorial.
The Prime Minister’s High Representative for the Afghan Transition Sir Simon Gass met with militant chiefs in Kabul – the first summit since the British troop withdrawal in August.
Mr Johnson has faced fury from Tory backbenchers over his decision to sit with the Taliban, who have killed dissidents, tortured prisoners and forced women into hiding since the US-backed government seized power.
Sir Simon met terrifying Islamic tyrants, including the de facto leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, known as ‘Baradar the Butcher’, Deputy Prime Minister Abdul-Salaam Hanafi, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Aamir Khan | Muttaki.
Joined in Kabul by Dr Martin Longden in Doha by d’affaires in charge of the UK mission in Afghanistan.
A government spokesman said: ‘Sir Simon and Dr Longden discussed how the UK can help Afghanistan deal with the humanitarian crisis, the importance of preventing the country from becoming an incubator for terrorism, and those who want to leave, They need to be constantly protected. the way for them. Country.
The Prime Minister’s High Representative for the Afghan Transition Sir Simon Gass met with militant chiefs in Kabul – the first summit since the British troop withdrawal in August. In the picture, External Affairs Minister Aamir Khan with Muttaki
A Taliban fighter with an AK-47 supported by a comrade stands guard in a machine-gun truck in Kabul on October 3
Jagged Taliban fighters patrol the city of Kabul as a child rides a bicycle on Sunday
He also raised the treatment of minorities and the rights of women and girls.
‘The government continues to do everything possible to ensure safe passage for those who wish to leave Afghanistan and remains committed to supporting the people of Afghanistan.’
A statement on Twitter from the Taliban’s foreign affairs spokesman said: ‘The meeting will revive diplomatic relations between the two countries, ensure the safety of all citizens legally entered by the IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) . Assurance of, and focused on detailed discussion about human. British aid to the Afghans.
Abdul Kahar Balkhi said the UK delegation had said Mr Johnson was ‘seeking to build a relationship with the IEA taking into account the current circumstances’, while the Afghan side said the UK was “positively concerned with relations and cooperation”. Worried”. Steps must be taken, and a new chapter of the creative must begin. relations’.
He said: ‘We hope that others will also not work towards weakening our government.’
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