Deep in the English countryside, men and women flee for their lives as a suicide bomber detonates himself in the middle of a village bazaar. Expert snipers take aim at retreating terrorist insurgents, a mother pleads with medics to save her child's life, and sergeants bark orders over the din of mortar and gunfire. After clearing the area and tending to the wounded, the soldiers go back to their barracks and share a laugh and a smoke over the day's events... In the special documentary series "Rule Brittania: Afghanistan in the U.K.", VBS visits the simulated Afghani village of Paghman, getting a behind the scenes look at the training exercises of Britain's elite military combat squadron, 2 Para. No detail has been overlooked in the creation of this brutal training facility, the last stop before deployment for many young troops in Her Majesty's Army. Hear the stories of the men and women who make up this eerily realistic battleground, from hired amputees and Afghan refugees to soldiers whose lives have been changed forever by the British involvement in "Afghan". Watch Afghanistan in the U.K. http://www.vbs.tv/watch/rule-britannia/afghanistan-in-the-uk-full-length (warning does contain graphic imagery, foul language, and dark humor)
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