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Over 20 killed in multiple suicide bombings and attacks in Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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A total of 50 serving and veteran British soldiers died by suicide last year, more than the 40 who died in combat in Afghanistan.
Two US Marines were killed in the attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, where Prince Harry is based.
Early reports said that the 15 men and two women had been beheaded but subsequent accounts have shed more light on the attack.
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’.
Both attacks took place outside government offices including a police station in Musa Qala.
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.
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.
Leaked diplomatic cables show how both US and Afghan authorities had little faith in the British military’s capabilities.
British troops hand over responsibility for Sangin, in Helmand province, to US forces.