Rose McGowan to visit troops in Afghanistan

Rose McGowan has announced that she will return to Afghanistan for a second time to visit US troops serving in the country.

The Conan the Barbarian star, who first visited in 2010, told Fox 411's Pop Tarts that she plans to travel abroad in order to increase the morale of the soldiers, who often feel "forgotten" after long periods of time away from home.

McGowan said: "The last time I was in Afghanistan, it was my favourite trip I've ever had, and I've had some amazing trips in my life. But it's bizarre to me that it would make anyone happy that I'm there. But I think I represent home. That's all, it's not about me.

"They get really sad and forget because they feel like people have forgotten them, so I'm just a representative, a vessel, showing that people are thinking of them."

McGowan recently spoke out in support of gay marriage and urged Americans to push their government officials to legalise the right.

She has credited her appreciation for and understanding of the LGBT community to the time she spent with a group of drag queens as a teenage runaway.

Watch a three-minute clip from Rose McGowan's new movie Conan the Barbarian - featuring her co-stars Leo Howard and Ron Perlman - below: