The Secretary of State for Defence, Phillip Hammond talks to soldiers at Forward Operating base Shawqat in Helmand Province, Afghanistan during a visit.
Photo by Wikimeadi Commons/ Magnus Manske
After 13 years, eight of them involving bloody fighting in Helmand, Britain's war in Afghanistan is finally over.
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