Scots soldiers are playing a key role in the transfer of security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces.
British forces are due to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014, but many of the 10,000 soldiers deployed there may be brought home in little more than a year.
BBC Scotland's Cameron Buttle and Craig Swan have been following 3 Scots, the Black Watch, in Helmand.
In a series of special reports, they look at the role of Scots soldiers who have been deployed there.
Rebuilding as conflict subsides
As the security situation in Afghanistan improves the focus for British soldiers has moved to developing the country
On tour with the Black Watch
In the first of two special reports from Afghanistan, Cameron Buttle follows 3 Scots, the Black Watch, in Helmand
Video of a Chinook landing
BBC Scotland news watches Black Watch soldiers disembark a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan
Footage of a drone being tested at patrol base
BBC Scotland news watches Black Watch soldiers testing a drone in an army base in Afghanistan
Simulator training
British troops in Afghanistan train in a simulator which has been hit by a roadside bomb
Sending news from Afghanistan
BBC Scotland's Cameron Buttle shows how a news team broadcasts from a British army base in Afghanistan
- Published6 February 2012
