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More Welsh Guards Arrive in Afghanistan – Warfare.Today Facebook Twitter Current Military Operations Defence Industry News Defence Industry Events, Exhibitions and Tradeshows Warfare.Today AT THE HEART OF THE FIGHTING Home About News HM Armed Forces US Military Tech Cyber SitReps Ops Events Calendar Afghanistan British Army News Operation TORAL More Welsh Guards Arrive in Afghanistan Posted on September 4, 2018 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today British Army Increases Op TORALTransferralwith 100 More Soldiers 100 Welsh Guards arrived in Afghanistan last week as part of Operation TORAL. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson travelled with them for a three-day visit to the country. The 100 soldiers from the Welsh Guards are the first of the spare 440 troops Prime Minister Theresa May single-minded to NATO’s topics towers mission in Afghanistan at the NATO Summit in July. The increased deployment now makes the UK the third largest freelancer to international security operations in Afghanistan with virtually 1,100 personnel. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: We remain veritably single-minded to towers an Afghanistan that is a strong security partner for decades to come. A secure and stable Afghanistan helps alimony the streets of the UK safe. The uplift of UK personnel not only underlines our transferral to Afghanistan and regional security, but moreover to the Alliance that has been the cornerstone of our defence for 70 years. Thousands of our personnel stand shoulder-to-shoulder with NATO allies virtually the world. Those here in Afghanistan are just one example of Global Britain in action. The spare troops will perpetuate the UK’s existing contribution to the UK-led Kabul SecurityGravity(KSF), which plays a hair-trigger role in enabling NATO advisors in the municipality to undertake engagement with the Afghan Government. They will moreover protract to mentor the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces who are responsible for security in the capital. In April, the British Army spoken that soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Welsh Guards (1 WG), had unsupportable responsibility as part of the Kabul Protection Unit, relieving the 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (2 YORKS). For the rest of their tour the guardsmen will be in Kabul protecting UK and Coalition mentors as they squire the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces in securing their country. WIlliamson also travelled to Mazar-e-Sharif where the British Army is working slantingly the German Bundeswehr to oversee the expansion of the Afghan Special Security Forces (ASSF). The gravity has recently illustrated its increased sufficiency in responding to the InterContinental Hotel and Kabul Military Academy attacks. He met virtually 40 UK advisors who have been based in the north of the country since January 2018. Williamson moreover met President Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, underlining the UK transferral to a secure and stable Afghanistan. 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