Tag: kandahar

New Scots deployment “raring to go” to Afghanistan

Deadline News Journalist - January 21, 2010

By Michael MacLeod SCOTLAND will send 1,000 troops to Afghanistan over the next six months, it was announced today (Thursday). The massive deployment will see...

Mother of Scots hero Tam Mason pays tribute to her son

Deadline News Journalist - October 29, 2009

By Cara Sulieman THE mother of hero Scots soldier Tam Mason who died six weeks after being injured in Afghanistan has paid tribute to her...

Black Watch raid smashes bomb making network

Shaun Milne - September 30, 2009

by Shaun Milne SOLDIERS from the 3rd Battalion The Black Watch have smashed a vital network of tunnels used by enemy insurgents to launch attacks...

Black Watch set off for Afghanistan

Deadline News Journalist - March 30, 2009

By Cara Sulieman MEMBERS of the Black Watch bid an emotional farewell as they prepared to be shipped out to Afghanistan yesterday. Around 450 soldiers from...