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1st Battalion Welsh Guards, currently deployed on Op TORAL 6 as part of the UK’s Kabul Security Force, was recently visited by Alun Cairns, Secretary of State for Wales.

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During his visit he sat in on preparations for a patrol and also learned more about the support being provided to the Afghan National Army Officer Academy (often compared to the UK’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst) which is producing the Afghan National Army’s future officer corps.

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