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Heading back to the patrol base now that the insurgents are being tracked
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Fusilier Smith heading out with the British troops to join the ANA and ANP on their patrol
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ANA lead soldier sweeping for IEDs
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The British join in at the back of the patrol behind the ANA and ANP.
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Shaheed children come out to watch the patrol.
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A local boy walks alongside the Afghan soldiers for a while
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Watching the patrol pass by and making the most of the shade from the afternoon sun
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Steady progress on the patrol
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Children stop tending to the crop to watch the patrol
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Taking cover while the ANP commander talks to an elder.
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Lt Adam Libby keeps an eye out for trouble.
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Checking the route
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Fields south of Shaheed
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Lt Adam Libby scanning the fields
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A local farmer with feed for his animals
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Fusilier Smith and the rest of the patrol provide force protection while the ANA and ANP speak to locals
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Afghan National Policeman
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The ANA Commander orders the move off after after the Afghan Security Forces leave a compound where they had been talking to village elders.
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Fusilier Smith waits until it is time to move off
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Lt Adam Libby talks to the ANA commander while under fire. Moments after we moved off from the compound where the ANA and ANP had been talking to the village elders the tranquility is shattered as insurgents fire on the patrol.
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An Afghan National Policeman looking out for insurgents
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Lt Adam Libby calls in surveillance aircraft as well as a 'show of force' from a low flying fast jet.
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The ANA commander engaging the insurgents
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ANP with an RPG
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The patrol pulls back leaving the aircraft to track the insurgents
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A fast jet fly in low dropping flares in a 'show of force'.
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A 'show of force' low over the insurgents
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Reorganising after the firefight
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Heading back to the patrol base now that the insurgents are being tracked
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Heading back to the patrol base now that the insurgents are being tracked
