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 2004In 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.