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I spent six months with Nato troops in Afghanistan – Trump’s wrong, they were the front line

IN FOCUS: World affairs editor Sam Kiley was alongside 16 Air Assault Brigade in Helmand where British and US forces put their lives on the line to keep each other safe

The Independent UK

The Pentagon Keeps Losing Equipment and Buying Stuff It Doesn't Need

How the U.S. military busts its budget on wasteful, careless, and unnecessary 'self-licking ice cream cones.'

Reason

TV tonight: can Prince William really end homelessness?

People who have been homeless discuss their experiences with the prince, plus the stunningly intense documentary Helmand: Tour of Duty. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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How to watch 'Helmand: Tour of Duty' online from anywhere

The real and brutal impact of war as revealed by the men who fought it and their families at home. Here's how to watch "Helmand: Tour of Duty" online, on TV and from anywhere.

Tom’s Guide

21 killed, 38 injured as bus collides with oil tanker in Afghanistan's Helmand

At least 21 people were killed and 38 others were injured in a road accident that took place on the Herat-Kandahar highway in Afghanistan's Helmand on Sunday morning, reported TOLOnews. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

At least 21 dead after bus collides with tanker in southern Afghanistan

Nearly 40 people injured after a bus collided with an oil tanker on a highway in Helmand province, officials said.

Al Jazeera

SAS troops ‘executed Afghan males of fighting age’, inquiry hears

Counsel to London inquiry into 80 civilian deaths focuses on British operations in Helmand province between 2010 and 2013

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The seven key night raids at the centre of the Afghanistan inquiry

UK special forces have been accused of killing ‘innocent civilians’ during the conflict.

The Independent UK

OPINION - I fought in Afghanistan and I know it’s now time to talk to the Taliban

Afghanistan evokes negative emotions in the minds of most people. In the popular imagination it is a land of terrorism, extremism and mass migration. I first visited Kabul in 2002, not long after the events of 9/11. My abiding memory is of a city brutalised by war. Little did I…

Evening Standard

Iran and Afghanistan dispute Helmand water rights as climate change deepens crisis

Iran and Afghanistan exchanged gunfire on May 27 amid rising tensions over water supplies in the region. The countries are engaged in a decades-long dispute over rights to the Helmand River, on which Iran depends to irrigate land in its arid south. The construction of dams on the Afghan side…

France 24

Another Afghan hero who served with British forces is threatened with Rwanda deportation

Exclusive: Afghan Colonel who fought with British in Helmand province facing deportation from the UK

The Independent UK

Blood-soaked copies of Prince Harry's Spare to go on sale after he admitted killings

Artist Andrei Molodkin is selling copies of blood-soaked Prince Harry's Spare after the Royal said he'd killed 25 people while serving in Helmand, Afghanistan

Daily Mirror

Harry’s Taliban killing revelation sparks protest in Afghanistan

A demonstration was staged at a university in Helmand, AP reported.

The Independent UK

Harry's memoir triggers protests in Afghanistan over claim he killed 25 Taliban fighters

Prince Harry's memoir has led to anger and protests in Afghanistan after the duke claimed that he killed 25 members of the Taliban while on his second tour in the country

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The Independent UK

Harry's new memoir draws anger and protests in Afghanistan

Protesters in southern Afghanistan have gathered following Prince Harry’s claim in his new memoir that he killed 25 people while serving in the country

Bangkok Post

Taliban shoot dead 2 women in search operation

Taliban forces shot dead two Afghan women during a search of their house in the southern province of Helmand over the weekend, a cleric and an official said on Tuesday.

Reuters

How isolating the Afghan Taliban could mean more young landmine victims

A group of Afghan children were grazing sheep in fields near the village of Bolak Wandi in eastern Helmand when they spotted a metallic object half-buried in the ground. Crowding round excitedly, they argued over who had found it first and who could sell it for scrap.

The Guardian - UK

Afghan universities reopen with strict rules for female students

Women required to attend separate classes and follow dress code at facilities in Kandahar and Helmand as they restart classes for first time since Taliban takeover

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Afghanistan: Three injured in blast in Helmand province

Three people were injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, Pajhwok Afghan News has reported.

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