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# Helmand

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# Bombings
Over 20 killed in multiple suicide bombings and attacks in Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Feb 24th 2018, 11:59 AM
# Afghanistan
Women and children among 28 dead as rocket hits wedding party
WARNING: Some people may find the images in this post distressing.
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Jan 1st 2015, 2:27 PM
# PTSD
More British soldiers killed themselves than died in Afghanistan last year
A total of 50 serving and veteran British soldiers died by suicide last year, more than the 40 who died in combat in Afghanistan.
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Jul 14th 2013, 4:08 PM
# Afghanistan
Taliban claims film revenge attack on base in south Afghanistan
Two US Marines were killed in the attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, where Prince Harry is based.
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Sep 15th 2012, 9:37 AM
# Afghanistan
Insurgents kill 17 'party-goers' in Afghanistan
Early reports said that the 15 men and two women had been beheaded but subsequent accounts have shed more light on the attack.
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Aug 27th 2012, 6:38 PM
# Afghanistan
NATO to limit airstrikes on Afghan homes
A spokesperson for the military alliance says that airstrikes will not be used on civilian dwellings unless it’s a matter of ‘self-defence for troops on the ground’.
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Jun 11th 2012, 5:35 PM
# Afghanistan
Two separate suicide bombings kill 18 in Afghanistan
Both attacks took place outside government offices including a police station in Musa Qala.
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Apr 10th 2012, 11:26 AM
# Afghanistan
British soldier dismissed from army after stabbing Afghan child
The soldier was dismissed from the army after his courtmartial in June convicted him of stabbing a 10-year-old boy in Helmand last year.
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Dec 3rd 2011, 1:48 PM
# Afghanistan
NATO apologises after botched airstrike kills women and children in Afghanistan
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has asked NATO forces to coordinate airstrikes with his army but it appears NATO did not do so on this occasion.
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May 30th 2011, 12:47 PM
# Afghanistan
Wikileaks reveals US and Afghan scorn for British military
Leaked diplomatic cables show how both US and Afghan authorities had little faith in the British military’s capabilities.
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Dec 3rd 2010, 2:04 PM
# Afghanistan
UK troops leave deadly Afghan province
British troops hand over responsibility for Sangin, in Helmand province, to US forces.
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Sep 20th 2010, 2:48 PM