5 live in Afghanistan: Rachel tours Camp Bastion perimeter

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Channel: BBC Sounds · 2014 · Entertainment

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5 live Breakfast's Rachel Burden reveals a snapshot of what it's like to guard the perimeter fence of Camp Bastion, showing its remote territory in southern Afghanistan. 

Camp Bastion, a sprawling, well-fortified British-run base in the desert, is the size of the UK town of Reading and home to almost 30,000 people. 

Rachel has spent the week hearing what life is like for the British soldiers posted to Afghanistan. 

This clip is from Breakfast 27 June 2014.

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