KILLING FIELDS
How kids are being left to the mercy of the Taliban after British forces pull out of Afghanistan
Oliver Harvey
Updated: 22:45, 3 Aug 2021
ON a dustbowl football pitch amid Afghanistan’s killing fields, I watched as a British soldier was mobbed by happy kids.
It was 2008 and Staff Sergeant Dave Thomas had helped rebuild the youngsters’ orphanage in the shadow of the British Army’s Lashkar Gah HQ.
4
Happy children greet Staff Sgt Dave Thomas at an Afghan orphanageCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
One boy, Qudratullah, nine, slung his arm around Staff Sgt Thomas’s neck to thank him as laughter floated on the afternoon breeze.
Lance Corporal among 7 arrested
cnc3.co.tt - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnc3.co.tt Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
00后 维和女兵亮剑雷场：压力与荣光同在肩上-中新网视频
chinanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chinanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
France s Special Forces Are Tough as Nails | The National Interest
nationalinterest.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalinterest.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.