Only a few hundred UK military servicemen and women remain in Afghanistan after the latest batch of British troops returned home.

The final UK military personnel to be based at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan departed for home soil on Sunday afternoon, 13 years after the first troops arrived in the region.

It marks the latest stage in the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan, after the last combat troops withdrew from Camp Bastion in a huge airlift operation four weeks ago.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the only UK military servicemen and women remaining in Afghanistan are in advisory, logistical and support roles, helping the Afghan army. Around 100 of these are working at the Afghan Military Academy near Kabul.

Servicemen and women watched as the Union flag was lowered at Kandahar Airfield to mark their departure.

Personnel from the RAF's 904 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) boarded a C17 aircraft bound for the UK alongside colleagues from the Joint Force Support Unit which was supporting military operations in Afghanistan.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said: "Britain's armed forces can take great pride in the completion of their deployment to southern Afghanistan."