Helmand troops are left with no doctors

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: September 16, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

THE WAR in Afghanistan is being severely hampered by critical shortages of doctors, helicopters and troops, The Sunday Telegraph has found.

Despite Tony Blair's promise last year that the Army would be given whatever resources commanders needed, shortfalls of vital equipment remain in Helmand, where 7,000 troops are based.

The Ministry of Defence has constantly denied claims that there are too few helicopters in Afghanistan or that commanders are being hampered by shortages of kit and equipment.

After spending three weeks on the front line in Helmand with the Royal Anglian Regiment, however, ...

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