Did Britain leave Helmand too soon?

Aug 01, 2016, 11:28 AM

A US government report says the Afghan Government has lost 5 percent of its territory to the Taliban over the past year - including advances in Helmand. It's almost 2 years since British forces pulled out of Helmand. But hundreds of American troops have been sent back into the troubled province to help the Afghan Army. The BBC's Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale has this report from Helmand: