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GROUND TRUTH 3 Para: Return to Afghanistan PATRICK BISHOP To Douglas and Richenda Contents List of Illustrations Maps Introduction: A Big Ask 1 Going Back 2 Through the Looking Glass 3 KAF 4 Hearts and Minds 5 Hunting the Hobbit 6 Green Zone 7 IED 8 The Stadium 9 Facing the Dragon 10 Sangin Revisited 11 The White Cliffs of Helmand 12 Convoy 13 The Enemy 14 Close Quarters 15 Fields of Fire 16 ‘Something our Parents will Understand’ 17 Homecoming Abbreviations, Acronyms and Military Terms Acknowledgments By the Same Author Index Copyright About the Publisher The following account is based on interviews with the soldiers of 16 Air Assault Brigade. The author has made his best endeavour to report events accurately and truthfully and any insult or injury to any of the parties described or quoted herein or to their families is unintentional. The publishers will be happy to correct any inaccuracies in later editions. Some names have been changed or omitted to protect operational security. List of Illustrations Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith © Sergeant Anthony Boocock, 16 Air Assault Brigade photographer/Crown Copyright Major Stuart McDonald © Tina Hager Sangin schoolroom © Patrick Bishop A Para leads women to safety © Jason P. Howe/ConflictPics ‘A’ Company patrols a poppy field © Captain Ian McLeish Paras patrolling in Hutal © Tina Hager Colour Sergeant Mark Kennedy with children in Qal-e-Gaz © Captain Ian McLeish ‘A’ Company at a Maywand Base © Marco di Lauro/Getty Images Paras navigating Maywand ditches © Jason P. Howe/ConflictPics 6 Platoon, ‘B’ Company patrol outside Hutal © Tina Hager ‘Gungy Third’ aboard a Chinook to Inkerman © Patrick Bishop FOB Inkerman sangar sentry © Patrick Bishop Privates Ben Biddulph and Andy Shawcross at Inkerman © Patrick Bishop End of patrol at FOB Inkerman © Patrick Bishop Sergeant Major Stu Bell © Patrick Bishop Captain Ben Harrop © Patrick Bishop Paras tabbing along a Mizan route © Christopher Pledger Sergeant Chris Prosser at Inkerman © Patrick Bishop Paras run to board a Chinook © Christopher Pledger ‘A’ Company prepare to assault © Captain Ian McLeish Tabbing back to base in Zabul © Sergeant Ian Harding, 16 Air Assault Brigade Photographer/Crown Copyright ‘B’ Company patrol in Mizan © Christopher Pledger Corporal Marc Stott © Patrick Bishop Lieutenant Fraser Smith in Band-e-Timor © Patrick Bishop Arrival at Kadahar Stadium © Marco di Lauro/Getty Images Lance Corporal Andy Lanaghan with an ANA soldier Paras patrol Kandahar City © Sergeant Craig Allen, Parachute Regiment Photographer/Crown Copyright Bathing in the Sangin irrigation channel © Patrick Bishop Sangin civilian © Patrick Bishop Taking a breather in the Sangin Green Zone © Patrick Bishop Corporal Mike French © Patrick Bishop Corporal Bev Cornell © Corporal Bev Baljit Kaur Cornell Corporal Marianne Hay with her dog Deanna © Patrick Bishop HET tractor and trailer rig © Patrick Bishop Satellite image of Kajaki dam by kind permission of Regional Command South Major Stuart McDonald and Brigadier Huw Williams in Kajaki Sofia © Sergeant Anthony Boocock, 16 Air Assault Brigade photographer/Crown Copyright Kajaki District Leader Abdul Razzak announces the ceasefire is off© Patrick Bishop Major John Boyd © Patrick Bishop A 500-pound bomb at Kajaki Sofia © Patrick Bishop Corporal Stu Hale © Patrick Bishop Flying the 3 Para flag © Christopher Pledger Endpapers ‘A’ Company regroup after an air assault in Maywand © Jason P. Howe/ConflictPics While every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright material reproduced herein, the publishers would like to apologise for any omissions and would be pleased to incorporate missing acknowledgments in future editions. List of Maps 1 Regional Command South xv 2 Upper Sangin Valley xvi-xvii 3 Kandahar xviii-xix 4 Maywand xx-xxi 5 Kajaki xxii 6 Upper Gereshk Valley xxiii
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