A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence shows F Company (Fire Support) 1 Royal Welsh taking position during Operation Moshtarak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, 13 February 2010. They were part of the combined force of over 1,200 troops and conducted a helicopter Assault into an area west of Gorbay Noray. A total of 15,000 troops, including US, Afghan, British, Canadian, Danish and Estonian personnel were mobilized for the operation, dubbed Mushtarak, a Dari word for "together." It is the largest offensive since the US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT MARK JONES
A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence shows F Company (Fire Support) 1 Royal Welsh passing a river during Operation Moshtarak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, 13 February 2010. They were part of the combined force of over 1,200 troops and conducted a helicopter Assault into an area west of Gorbay Noray. A total of 15,000 troops, including US, Afghan, British, Canadian, Danish and Estonian personnel were mobilized for the operation, dubbed Mushtarak, a Dari word for "together." It is the largest offensive since the US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT MARK JONES
A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence shows F Company (Fire Support) 1 Royal Welsh taking position during Operation Moshtarak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, 13 February 2010. They were part of the combined force of over 1,200 troops and conducted a helicopter Assault into an area west of Gorbay Noray. A total of 15,000 troops, including US, Afghan, British, Canadian, Danish and Estonian personnel were mobilized for the operation, dubbed Mushtarak, a Dari word for "together." It is the largest offensive since the US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT MARK JONES
A British Ministry of Defence (MOD) handout photo made available on 13 February 2010 shows Afghanistan army combined with 1st Battalion the Royal Welsh heading over to the helicopter landing spot as they take of to Operation Moshtarak, in Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan. A combined force of 15,000 troops are launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT WILL CRAIG / MOD / CROWN COPYRIGHT
A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence shows F Company (Fire Support) 1 Royal Welsh taking position during Operation Moshtarak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, 13 February 2010. They were part of the combined force of over 1,200 troops and conducted a helicopter Assault into an area west of Gorbay Noray. A total of 15,000 troops, including US, Afghan, British, Canadian, Danish and Estonian personnel were mobilized for the operation, dubbed Mushtarak, a Dari word for "together." It is the largest offensive since the US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT MARK JONES
A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence shows F Company (Fire Support) 1 Royal Welsh taking position during Operation Moshtarak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, 13 February 2010. They were part of the combined force of over 1,200 troops and conducted a helicopter Assault into an area west of Gorbay Noray. A total of 15,000 troops, including US, Afghan, British, Canadian, Danish and Estonian personnel were mobilized for the operation, dubbed Mushtarak, a Dari word for "together." It is the largest offensive since the US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT MARK JONES
A British Ministry of Defence (MOD) handout photo made available on 13 February 2010 shows Corporal Lino Woolf aged 24 from Weymouth keeping a firm grasp of his search dog before getting the thumbs up for loading imbedded into 1st Battalion the Royal Welsh on Operation Moshtarak, in Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan. A combined force of 15,000 troops are launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT WILL CRAIG / MOD / CROWN COPYRIGHT /
A British Ministry of Defence (MOD) handout photo made available on 13 February 2010 shows sitting ready for action members of the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh on the move by helicopter as they prepare for Operation Moshtarak, in Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan. A combined force of 15,000 troops are launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT WILL CRAIG / MOD / CROWN COPYRIGHT
A British Ministry of Defence (MOD) handout photo made available on 13 February 2010 shows soldiers moving in line onto helicopters taking them on the first way of Operation Moshtarak as 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh move together in force to Operation Moshtarak, in Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan. A combined force of 15,000 troops are launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT WILL CRAIG / MOD / CROWN COPYRIGHT
A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence shows a soldier of the F Company (Fire Support) 1 Royal Welsh with children during Operation Moshtarak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, 13 February 2010. They were part of the combined force of over 1,200 troops and conducted a helicopter Assault into an area west of Gorbay Noray. A total of 15,000 troops, including US, Afghan, British, Canadian, Danish and Estonian personnel were mobilized for the operation, dubbed Mushtarak, a Dari word for "together." It is the largest offensive since the US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. EPA/MANDATORY CREDIT SSGT MARK JONES
