Operation Toral
| Operation Toral | |||||||
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| Part of Resolute Support Mission | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
Insurgent groups:  Taliban Al-Qaeda | ||||||
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Theresa May |
Akhter Mansour † Ayman al-Zawahiri | ||||||
Operation Toral is the codename for British presence within Afghanistan post 2014 as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission.
It is expected that around 500 troops will be in-country for the training of Afghan National Army personnel.[1]
Background
Main article: Operation Herrick
Assets
British Army
- Jan 15 - Feb 15 : 2nd Battalion, The Rifles
- B Company, with a platoon from 7th Battalion, The Rifles
- Feb 15 - 19 Aug 15 : 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (1 R ANGLIAN)[2]
- A (Norfolk) Company
- B (Suffolk) Company
- Jul 15 - Apr 16 :
- Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS)[3] with Balaklava Company, 5 SCOTS, (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) with support from 6 SCOTS[4]
- A Company
- B Company
- C Company
- Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS)[3] with Balaklava Company, 5 SCOTS, (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) with support from 6 SCOTS[4]
- During February 2016
- 133 Field Company, 103 Battalion REME
- Apr 16 - Dec 16[5]
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR)
- B Company from Apr - Aug 16
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR)
- Dec 16 - Jul 17[6]
- 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH)
Total of Trainers: 500
Royal Air Force
- Jan 15 - Mar 15: 3 x Boeing Chinook HC.2's of No. 1310 Flight RAF with 51 personnel.[7]
- Apr 15 - present: 3 x Westland Puma HC.2's of Puma Force.[7]
Total of Aircraft: 6
References
- ↑ "Britain's war in Afghanistan comes to an end after 13 years as flag is lowered over Camp Bastion". Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ "Royal Anglian Regiment to return to Afghanistan". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ "On Watch And On Guard: Kabul Protection Unit". Forces TV. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ↑ "Afghanistan deployment for The SCOTS". British Army. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "Gurkhas prepare for protection role in Kabul". British Army. 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "Royal Irish preparing for Afghanistan support role". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Chinook Force to be replaced in Afghanistan by Puma 2". RAF Odiham. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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