North West soldiers home
Hundres of soldiers from The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, are back home after a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.
North West soldiers return home
Hundreds of soldiers from The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, are back home after a 6 month tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Around four hundred soldiers from the Second Battalion were deployed there in April. They've been working to hand control of the Nad-e Ali region to the Afghan Security Forces.
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