British Army in Afghanistan

This is a personal narrative and not a theses or a research paper sold at zero profit and in pure public interest. This is a very personal firsthand account of British Army operations as I saw as a consultant working in Afghanistan from 29 June 2004 till to date. If you attempt to read the vast available data and literature on British Afghan war, you will end up clueless, mentally disoriented and spiritually exhausted and drained. This is so because most writers have a vested agenda or have not seen things directly. This narrative is based on the following experiences: -- A close and direct association with Afghanistan as descendant of a family that migrated from Afghanistan in early nineteenth century but maintained contact with Afghanistan. My grandfathers brother served as doctor with Afghan Royal family from 1929 to 1945. My uncle served as a First Secretary in Pakistan Embassy from 1969 to 1971. As a Pakistan Army officer I saw Afghan war closely from 1981 to 1994. And finally as a consultant permanently stationed in Afghanistan from 29 June 1994 till todate I saw the ongoing Afghan war closely. Helmand was my area of operations as I was General manager of RDA an Afghan American NGO building clinics in Khanishin, Garmser, Nad I Ali, Musa Qila etc for the US firm Louis Burger. Figure 1 At Khanishin Helmand in August 2004 In September 2006 I carried out a survey for Lebanese firm Pro Sima for the 18 Km road from Nad I Ali to Camp Bastion and closely saw British troops at Camp Bastion and in Helmand in initial stages.