The hidden cost of the Afghanistan war (Pt 2): Coming home
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The Tenth of July, Two Thousand and Nine in Sangin Afghanistan
Ten soldiers were killed and another ten wounded as a daisy chain of i e ds triggered a succession of blasts. It was the worst loss for the british army during the entire afghan campaign in a single incident. The effect of that day, of those blasts, among others, on the mental health of one young rifleman recently prompted calls for the army to fix its care of soldiers with p t s d sir andrew francis,. He had experienced a form of moral injury in that he had been involved in a fir fight, and believed that he had killed an afghantine age who may not have had a gun. Antony spoke to andrew franci's
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