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10,000 wounds: Afghan war injuries hit 10K+ as UK veteran trauma remains rife
https://www.rt.com/uk/333768-afghan-war-injury-statistics/More than 10,000 physical wounds were sustained by British military personnel during the Afghan war, as psychological injury remains rife among UK veterans who have returned home.
The grim statistics were released Thursday, having been assembled in a report by the Defense Statistics branch of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
They were compiled by the UK’s cutting-edge military field hospital, which operated in the war-torn state between April 2006 and 2014. The year 2014 marked the official end of Britain’s combat role there, codenamed Operation Herrick.
The scars of the war cost our children lives and damaged their futures
America and her allies paid a huge price for something that wasn't worth it
