The MoD said that the issues in the report had no impact on the provision of essential equipment to frontline troops.

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At the time of the NAO report, the department said the issues had no impact on the provision of essential equipment to frontline troops.

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The Prince of Wales's Division Band, based in Tidworth, Wiltshire, will entertain frontline troops in June this year as part of the Queen's birthday parade.

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Canadian troops were moved to Kandahar and were suddenly involved in frontline fighting with a renewed Taliban, and soldiers started dying.

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Reports have suggested that mainly Malian troops, drawn largely from the south, are targeting Arab and ethnic Tuareg civilians in frontline towns.

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An army officer at the frontline, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said troops directed concentrated fire at buildings known to house militants.

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