In Pictures
Troops are flown into Forward Operating Base Price by Chinoock in preparation for Op PANCHAI PALANG [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Welsh Guards conduct live firing mortar training in preparation for Op PANCHAI PALANG at the Forward Operating Base Price [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Vehicles line up at Forward Operating Base Price in preparation for Op PANCHAI PALANG [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Troops prepare a Viking armoured vehicle ahead of Phase 3 of Op PANCHAI PALANG [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers from the Light Dragoons Battlegroup take time out from their preparations for Op PANCHAI PALANG with a dusk football match at Forward Operating Base Price [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers from 2 MERCIAN provide sentry cover as troops lay up for the night [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers from the Light Dragoons Battlegroup patrol through the green zone in Babaji [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers from the Light Dragoons Battlegroup patrol through the green zone in Babaji [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers from the Light Dragoons Battlegroup take cover as a British sniper engages the enemy [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier fires a 66mm rocket launcher at an insurgent's fire position during heavy fighting in Babaji, southern Afghanistan [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A Jackal vehicle en route to the area of operation [Picture: Sgt Chris Halton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier of 6 Platoon, 2 Company, 1 Battalion Welsh Guards, takes a wash in a compound overlooking the Shamalan Canal [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier attached to 1 Welsh Guards snatches a rest in between two Viking vehicles during a break in fighting [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Vikings of the Royal Tank Regiment engage enemy positions after coming under fire from compounds surrounding their location on the Shamalan Canal [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Sappers strengthen defences around a bridge on the Shamalan Canal [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Sappers attached to the Welsh Guards by the Shamalan Canal take a rest between taskings [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier on sentry duty mans the .50 calibre machine gun [Picture: Sgt Chris Halton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier covers radio communications from the roof of an occupied compound [Picture: Sgt Chris Halton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier cleans his mug in the compound occupied by 6 Platoon, 2 Company, 1 Battalion Welsh Guards [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier shouts a target indication from a rooftop of a compound during a firefight with insurgents [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Guardsmen fire into suspected enemy positions as they go through a compound clearance operation [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier from the Welsh Guards' Mortar Platoon turns to fire on an enemy position during a contact [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
After sporadic incoming fire, men of 6 Platoon, 2 Company, 1 Battalion Welsh Guards, look out for further enemy activity [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers of 6 Platoon, 2 Company, 1 Battalion Welsh Guards, make their way into the fields surrounding a compound through a hole in the wall [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Viking vehicle silhouetted against the evening sky [Picture: Corporal Dan Bardsley RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]