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RIR soldiers prepare for home after doing battle with Taliban
2008
Overview
Troops from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment are due home from war in Afghanistan later this week. The 100-plus part-time soldiers were at the forefront of the battle against the Taliban becoming the first ever reservists to train the fledgling Afghan National Army on the front line. Writing for the Belfast Telegraph, 2 Royal Irish Commanding Officer, Lt Col ANDREW CULLEN, reflects on the demanding six-month tour Sitting in the comfort of my office I read of 'contacts' with the Taliban in the green zone and days and nights of consistent probing attacks against them by the Taliban. Engagement with the Taliban became an every day occurrence. One report I received read: 'During a nine-day period in early August, patrols were ambushed by the Taliban on five separate occasions.
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Independent News & Media
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