He said the paratrooper was part of a patrol sent to recover kit after a soldier lost his legs when he triggered an IED (improvised explosive device), while the patrol looked for the kit another IED went off, seriously injuring a second soldier.
"I am a little disheartened at why we are talking and still fighting, " said Malik, the soldier who lost his leg.
The nephew of a World War I soldier who lost a postcard while being treated in a military hospital nearly 100 years ago has been traced.
He spoke to Tim Payne, a US soldier who lost both legs in Afghanistan last year, who told the prince that coping with his injuries was a case of "all mind over matter".
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Sticky GI(ph) is a foal by Lost Soldier and out of Super Glued.
Eight months on, the soldier, who lost part of his right leg has adapted well to life as an amputee and has even spoken of his hopes to eventually run a marathon.
In nineteen years as an army officer, he had never lost a soldier under his direct command.
Army reinforcements rushed and searched a nearby forest area and lost another soldier in an exchange of gunfire with suspected rebels, Lt.
The Royal Engineers had already lost one soldier on the road, when a powerful IED had exploded as they passed along it a few weeks earlier.
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Visiting A Company last month, the fact that it (and indeed the Green Howards as a whole) have not yet lost a soldier on this tour was a topic that provoked a good deal of superstition, or indeed evasion.
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The prince had asked to see how people were rebuilding their lives after he met a US soldier during his deployment to Afghanistan last year who had lost his home in the natural disaster.
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But instead of using the medal controversy to warmly recount compelling stories of his heroism -- like how he helped save a dying fellow soldier as a young, wounded officer -- Kerry has somehow managed to get lost in an argument over details, important details, but details nevertheless.
Weightman was informed this morning that the senior Army leadership had lost trust and confidence in the commander's leadership abilities to address needed solutions for soldier-outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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