British Army builds mock Afghan village in English countryside

The aroma of freshly baking flatbread wafts through the air as a unit of British soldiers position themselves for a quick patrol around the village of Sindh Kalay. Market vendors hawk grapes and melons, as a group of village elders sit smoking water pipes and suspicious-looking men lurk beside battered motorcycles. What should the soldiers do Conduct a weapons search Approach the village elders first In the complex political and cultural terrain of Afghanistan, what is the best course of ...