Afghanistan

The district came together in acts of Remembrance on Sunday - this from the Grangemouth ceremony.

In pictures: Remembrance events in Grangemouth, Denny, Bainsford, Bonnybridge, C...

Falkirk Council staff were praised by councillors for the work they do to welcome children and young people seeking refuge and asylum.
(Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Councillors slam 'abhorrent underfunding' to support children seeking asylum

Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are set to return to the UK on a flight

Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan

Andy Reid climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (photo: Guinness World Records)

UK amputee sets new world record for highest burger delivery

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US

Harry: The Interview with Tom Bradby - how to watch on TV

Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 Taliban while serving in Afghanistan

Aaron Finch lifts ICC World Cup Trophy with Australia in 2021

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022: when the tournament starts- how to watch

The passengers reported Cohcrane's racist abuse when they got of the train at Falkirk High Station

Drunken offender subjects passengers to vile racist abuse on train

The Refugee Festival Scotland is coming to Falkirk

Refugee Festival comes to Falkirk

In evidence presented to MPs, a whistleblower has said then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ‘failed to grasp the situation' in Afghanistan (image: Getty Images)

Whistleblower reveals UK Government ‘failures’ over Afghanistan evacuation

Team of dogs out for exercise

In Pictures: The Dogs of War

Scott Ashworth, musician and veteran who is releasing a single in aid of charity.

Denny veteran releases single to raise cash for veterans mental health charity

Control hub in the basement of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Pic: Sam Ettleman)

Taliban: Bonnybridge-born diplomat reveals life at heart of emergency operation

Paul “Pen” Farthing’s flight arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport at around 7.30am on Sunday (Nowzad)

Pen Farthing ‘couldn’t let dogs be shot by the Taliban’ and says one was stabbed...

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US completes Afghanistan with...

Final British flight from Afghanistan returns to UK - as Defence Secretary pays ...

Stock photo. PA

Falkirk and West Lothian Syrian refugee figures revealed – as similar Afghanista...

This is where you can donate clothes for Afghanistan refugees - list of charitie...

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has been accused of putting interpreters’ lives at risk in Afghanistan (Photo: Getty Images)

Dominic Raab accused of failing to make Afghanistan call on holiday

Protesters gather on Parliament Square to protest against the Taliban take over of Afghanistan (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Afghanistan crisis: Falkirk to welcome families as Taliban take control of count...

Taliban takes control of Kabul just days after US-led coalition left Afghanistan

People have been attempting to flee the country. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

UK troops race against time to rescue 6,000 Brits as Taliban take Kabul

Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick MSP (2nd R) is joined by Lieutenant General James I Bashall CBE (left); Corporal Charlie MacLean, Piper from the Royal Highland Fusiliers (R); David Rowlands ,The artist (2nd L) and Veteran Major Tom Conway (Centre) Major Conway is a World War Two veteran who served at El Alamein.? (El Alamein is featured in the painting) to unveil the painting "Service" which has been commissioned by the Army in Scotland. The painting, by military artist David Rowlands, highlights the relationship between the Army and Scottish society over the past 100 years.
The Presiding Officer is featured in the artwork. She is pictured at the Drumhead Service march past which took place in 2014. 07 October 2015. Pic - Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament
Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick MSP (2nd R) is joined by Lieutenant General James I Bashall CBE (left); Corporal Charlie MacLean, Piper from the Royal Highland Fusiliers (R); David Rowlands ,The artist (2nd L) and Veteran Major Tom Conway (Centre) Major

Army’s contribution to Scotland recognised at Scottish Parliament

Shaun Cole had recently returned from Sierra Leone in the fight against Ebola. Picture: Ross Fernie

Scottish soldier dies while on holiday in Florida