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Afghanistan veteran looks back on Kajaki Dam tragedy: Decisions are made by people in suits who have never fought a battle
A British army veteran of Afghanistan has described as disgusting the circumstances in which he and fellow soldiers were left trapped in a minefield, resulting in multiple casualties and the death of his friend.
Sergeant Stuart Pearson detailed the real-life events that inspired the 2014 movie Kajaki, in which a dozen soldiers became stranded in the minefield near the Kajaki Dam in Helmand Province for four hours.