Equipped with helmet and flak jacket Evening Telegraph reporter Jonny Muir has flown into Afghanistan with personnel from 3 Squadron RAF Regiment, who are based at RAF Wittering, to see the work they are doing in this dangerous country.

Read Jonny's reports:

Flying out to Kandahar
Among the passengers on board were nine men from 3 Squadron RAF Regiment, based at RAF Wittering.

Even life on camp is luxury in the land of the survivor
Jonny goes out on the road and discovers the harsh realities that Afghanis are facing.

Fighting the battle for hearts and minds
Jonny visits a village near Kandahar Airfield and meets its residents.

A beautiful view or a view to a kill?
Jonny is made aware of the constant threat of the suicide bomber.

Diary: 48 hours in Afghanistan
Jonny finds out that even off-duty is on duty.

'We feel a very long way away from home'
Jonny speaks to members of the Armed Forces serving at Kandahar Airfield who hail from the Peterborough area.

Soldiers with guns on their backs browse the shops
Jonny finds out about life at Kandahar airfield. "Rocket attacks aside, I could have been in Chicago, Toronto or any cosmopolitan, western city."


Factfile: Kandahar

• Kandahar, the second largest city in Afghanistan with a population of 450,300 (2006 estimate).


• It is the capital of Kandahar province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m (3,297 feet) above sea level.


• The Arghandab River runs right next to the city.


• - Facts taken from Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar


• Also: BBC - Country profile: Afghanistan

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'We have to be lucky every day for six months. The Taliban have to be lucky once'
Jonny talks to the men and women from RAF Wittering who know the effect improvised roadside explosive devices can have.

Troops or Taliban, medics on front line can't discriminate
Johnny Muir talks to Corporal Victoria Selby, who has swapped life on Ward 3X at Peterborough district Hospital for a tour in Afghanistan.

See also:
What about loved ones left at home?
Personnel from RAF Wittering's 3 Squadron RAF Regiment, currently fighting the Taliban, stare death in the face every day. What is life like for their loved ones, back at home? Jemma Walton found out. 8 August 2008.


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David Old in Afghanistan
The ET's David Old spent a week with The Royal Anglians in Afghanistan, September 2007.