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British armed forces

Last troops from Black Watch home after 'hard tour' THE last elements of the Black Watch returned to Scotland yesterday after a seven-month tour in Afghanistan.

Returning heroes get specialised job agency THE UK's first private recruitment agency specialising in finding work for service personnel leaving the armed forces with physical and psychological problems has begun operating in Scotland.

Army widow tells of the tears that followed stoic response to coffin THE young widow who applauded her husband's coffin as it came home from Afghanistan has said that her show of stoicism was an act of respect for the soldier she regarded as her hero.

Ex-defence chiefs' verdict on Brown: dithering and failing British troops THREE former defence chiefs have attacked Gordon Brown's commitment to the war in Afghanistan, accusing the Prime Minister of dithering and failing British troops.

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