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500 Scots-based Marines face third Afghanistan tour in six years

More than 500 Scottish-based Marines are to spearhead the next British deployment to Afghanistan in October.

More than 500 Scottish-based Marines are to spearhead the next British deployment to Afghanistan in October, in their third operational tour of Helmand province in six years and the second since last April.