Forces 'making do' in Afghanistan
Updated on 10 November 2008
A coroner has told an inquest into the death of a decorated soldier that he was anxious that the British Armed Forces were "making do" with limited protection in Afghanistan.
Captain David Hicks, of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, suffered shrapnel wounds during an attack at a base "with limited protection" north east of Sangin, in Helmand Province, on August 11, 2007.
Protective walls surrounding the Inkerman base were too low, there was no doctor on site and some soldiers slept under makeshift netting, the inquest heard.
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