Operation Herrick was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operations during the War in Afghanistan, from 2002 to the end of combat operations in 2014. It consisted of the British contri
Soldiers of the Coldstream Guards's 1st Battalion in a poppy field waiting for a Chinook helicopter to extract them, following operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2012
A British soldier of 21 (Gibraltar 1779–83) Air Assault Battery, Royal Artillery raising the Union Flag during a transfer of authority ceremony in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province in May 2006
A 12 Sqn Tornado GR4 at Kandahar Airfield
A front end loader filling HESCO barriers during a project at Camp Bastion
Muhammad Umar Mujahid, commonly known as Mullah Omar or Muhammad Omar, was an Afghan militant and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. He founded t
Operation Herrick
…Al-Qaeda Commanders and leaders Tony Blair (Prime Minister 1997–2007) Gordon Brown (Prime Minister 2007–2010) David Cameron (Prime Minister 2010–2016) Mullah Omar # Osama bin Laden † Units involved Various units of the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force Strength 150,000 over duration of…
Omar as hafiz student in his youth, 1978, colourised
A still from a 1996 video taken secretly by BBC Newsnight. It purports to show Omar (left) presenting the cloak of Muhammad to his troops in Kandahar, before their successful assault on Kabul.
The June 15, 1998 letter from Mullah Omar to "all Taliban members young and old", complaining that his orders are not being followed. The letter was found in an al-Qaeda safe house in Kabul.
Mullah Omar ordered the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan (pictured in 1976) in March 2001, receiving international condemnation.