
British and Afghan forces - led by 1st Battalion, The Duke Of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS) - have begun Operation TOR SHEZADA (Black Prince) - a mission to seize Sayedebad, a Taliban-controlled town in central Helmand.

His Royal Highness Prince Charles, the Royal Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps, presented Afghanistan service medals to members of 1st Regiment Army Air Corps (1 Regt AAC) on Monday 26 July.