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GALLERY: ISAF and Afghan troops prepare for Op MOSHTARAK

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ISAF and Afghan troops preparing for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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British soldiers preparing for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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British soldiers preparing for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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ISAF and Afghan troops take a break during preparations for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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A Chinook helicopter flies over Camp Bastion in Helmand province[Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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An Afghan soldier learns how to fire a rocket-propelled grenade in preparation for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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An Afghan soldier receives instruction from members of 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh on the detection of improvised explosive devices in preparation for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh and the Afghan National Army share a joke [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh and the Afghan National Army share a joke [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh shakes hands with a colleague from the Afghan National Army [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh being briefed in preparation for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh oversees rocket-propelled grenade training in preparation for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh oversees rocket-propelled grenade training in preparation for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh briefing soldiers of the Afghan National Army in preparation for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh oversees firing practice of soldiers from the Afghan National Army in preparation for Operation MOSHTARAK [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

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Inspection of an Apache attack helicopter following operations in Helmand province [Picture: SSgt Mark Jones, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

Operation MOSHTARAK will see a combined force of 15,000 troops launch major assaults on Taliban strongholds.
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