Meet The Military Personnel Living In Afghanistan | Warzone E7 | Our Stories

This extraordinary programme follows the frontline forces at a purpose-built military town on the outskirts of Kandahar in Afghanistan, where 14,000 men and women live in perhaps the world's most dangerous Warzone. The Kandahar airbase is a key facility run by the British on behalf of NATO, and the Royal Air Force has an 800-strong presence there. The RAF is the most technologically advanced of all the forces and here it is pushed to the limit. While luxuries are few and far between, keeping a base running smoothly in the middle of a desert is a challenge in itself.

This film was first broadcast: 2009

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[judithpearson]

Love this series. I'm a 100% disabled female veteran from the Vietnam Eta. At that time, enlisted women had 2 choices: clerical or medical fields. Quite a change for women today. I applaud eac and every woman and man who have served their homelands through NATO.

[donnaminnicks]

Thank you so much for sharing your military family with the world. I loved watching 😊.

[jadegblueparrot]

i know this series is now at an end since you just uploaded ep8, please can you upload more doc's like this?

[SKM_Freal]

Thanks for sharing this show, its actually really good seeing our troops behind the scenes even tho we know the outcome in Afghanistan. Feel so bad for all those we lost for what?? America started a war on a weak Taliban and left with them being stronger than ever.🤦🏽‍♂💔💯🙏🏽

[marine]

I like how the most replayed part is the girls waving at the USAF PJ crew lol

[healer]

Women soldiers seemed very satisfied. Good work guys

[petejmartin]

Brilliant series! Kiwi Pete, ex NZ Army Recon

[jordansutton]

where do i find this calendar asking for a friend…

[johnnunn]

‘Aircraft’ is both singular and plural.

[catlee]

i thought being contacted everyday in sangin was hard, this must of been torture with all those burger joints....shops....fun and games etc, i dont know how anyone survived.

[shravanprabhu]

That Guy who posed for charity photos reminded me of Johny sins...or is it just me😂

[nrsjeni]

My brother was a harrier mechanic when he 1st entered the USMC. he switched to F16s when the US transferred them back to the UK.

[adamst]

They don't speak arabic in Afghanistan

[skylongskylong]

I still find this very hard to watch, even though over a decade has past.
The only way I can describe it, as though someone is pulling the stitches of a wound.

[neilkeepingitreal]

Whenever the narrater speaks I keep thinking I'm about to hear a McDonald's advert

[lilytea]

0:01: 🛩 The story of the men and women behind the military hardware in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
6:54: 📸 Military personnel participate in a triathlon and organize a charity calendar photoshoot.
13:33: 🛫 Kate goes shopping at the local market while Simon provides air support to Danish soldiers.
18:48: ✈ A RAF pilot describes the challenges and satisfaction of carrying out bombing missions in Afghanistan.
25:16: 📸 A pilot lands a Reaper, an unmanned aerial vehicle, in Afghanistan.
33:23: 📦 The RAF air base in Kandahar receives food supplies through a dangerous 1200 mile route from Karachi, Pakistan.
39:12: 🛫 The episode features a reconstruction of a battle and the end of Kate Aziz's time in Afghanistan.
Recap by Tammy AI

[ngu]

This was recorded before the taliban takeover

[tonycavanagh]

Globally we have the 6th largest defemce budget.
People wondering why we have so little.
Because we spent so much on global policing and bases.

[globetrotternews]

They speak Pashto not Arabic in Kandahar...no wonder we lost.

[TESTA-CC]

STOP THE BOATS!!!! DO A SERIES OF TALIBAN LIVING IN THE UK