The last UK military base in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion, has been handed over to the control of Afghan security forces.
British troops have been in the country since 2001 and Camp Bastion, in the desert of Helmand Province, became their main base in 2006.
Camp Leatherneck, the adjoining US base, has also been handed over to Afghan control.
The number of deaths of British troops throughout the conflict stands at 453.
About 2,700 members of the military are currently in Afghanistan.
The UK's command of Helmand was transferred to US forces in April and personnel, military vehicles and kit have begun returning home in recent months.
At the height of the war in 2009, about 10,000 UK troops were based in Camp Bastion and the UK's 137 patrol bases in southern Afghanistan.
Only a small number of personnel are due to remain in the country after this year, at the British-run military academy in Kabul.
UK base in Afghanistan handed over
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