Last British troops leave Helmand

27 October 2014 Last updated at 11:37 GMT

Last British troops leave Helmand 

The last British troops leave Helmand province in Afghanistan, a day after the end of UK combat operations was announced.

Last British troops leave Helmand

Two British soldiers hold a union flag
The last British troops have left Helmand province in Afghanistan, a day after the end of UK combat operations was announced.
The main British base, Camp Bastion, was handed to Afghan control on Sunday.
The final UK troops at Bastion are believed to have left by helicopter, heading for Kandahar.
It marks the end of a 13-year military campaign, and the government has said UK troops will not return to fight in Afghanistan "under any circumstances".
US troops from Camp Leatherneck, which adjoined Camp Bastion, have also left, leaving Afghan forces in control of the entire site.
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said US and UK troops arrived in Kandahar overnight in "large numbers" on Hercules aircraft, before a "wave of helicopters" carried the remaining few.
He said the last man off the final Chinook helicopter carried the British flag that was lowered in a ceremony at Camp Bastion on Sunday.
The troops will return home from Kandahar "in the next few days", he added.

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