Video shows 1st Battallion The Royal Regiment of Scotland partnering the Afghan National Army, whilst they were head of TFH Advisory Group.

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1st Battalion Irish Guards (1IG) are in Helmand province partnering their colleagues in the Afghan National Army, having taken over the role from 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS).

1 IG's role in Task Force Helmand is to head the Advisory Group.

While not a Battle Group in the traditional sense, the group is made up of officers and non-commissioned officers from a variety of different units including the Army Air Corps, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Royal Signals, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Logistic Corps, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Small Arms School Corps, and the Royal Army Medical Corps.

These all work alongside the infantry element provided by the 1 IG soldiers.

Complementing the work done by the other battle groups within Task Force Helmand, the Advisory Group is critical in developing the ANA and building the capacity needed by the Afghan security forces to defeat the insurgents and protect the people of Afghanistan.

The Advisory Group consists of six Kandak Advisory Training Teams (KATTs) - four infantry, one combat support (reconnaissance, engineers, communications and artillery), and one for combat service support (logistics). A Kandak is a Afghan Battalion/Unit.

The KATTs are deployed across the entire area of Helmand province where UK and ANA operate. where They live, sleep, eat, patrol and fight alongside the soldiers of the ANA on a daily basis.

The Advisory Group is based in Camp Shorabak which is the ANA camp next to Camp Bastion - the main UK operating base in Helmand.