Troops from the Weeton-based Second Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (2 Yorks) arranged for the construction of a new mosque for members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) in Helmand province.

Local soldiers in the Shorabak Training Facility, near Camp Bastion, were without a place of worship when the project got underway in September.

The British Provincial Reconstruction Team arranged funding and a formal plan for the construction work. It also assigned a representative to oversee the build.

Major Marc Steventon, 2 Yorks Quartermaster at Camp Tombstone, was project manager on site to ensure everything went to plan.

He oversaw 40 local workers and made sure guidelines were being met and that the correct resources were being used.

Maj Steventon said: “The building of this mosque has been a great success. It has been built by local Afghans, using local resources and using local building techniques; all of which is hugely important and significant.”