Gordon Brown in Afghanistan

Gordon Brown holds a press conference on the plane on the way to Muscat, the capital of Oman Photograph: Deborah Summers/Guardian

Brown arrives at Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan Photograph: Deborah Summers/Guardian

Troops at Camp Bastion Photograph: Deborah Summers/Guardian

Troops at Camp Bastion Photograph: Deborah Summers/Guardian

Brown addresses the troops Photograph: Deborah Summers/Guardian

View from inside an armoured vehicle en route to the Royal Palace in Kabul Photograph: Deborah Summers/Guardian

The view from the cockpit of a Hercules C130J aircraft Photograph: Deborah Summers/Guardian

Looking down at the mountains of Afghanistan as the Hercules flies back towards Oman Photograph: Deborah Summers/Guardian