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Fighting in one of Afghanistan's deadliest districts

Sangin is one of the most strategically important districts in the fight against the Taliban. Major Richard Streatfeild is a former British Army officer who spent six months fighting in the region - so why is it so significant and so difficult to control?

(Picture: British soldier walks across irrigated land in Sangin district, Afghanistan.
Credit: Press Association)

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