When we got the man sent off on Wednesday there was no need to bring a striker on because all we were trying to do was go over the line in terms of defending.

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Security there is very bad, everyone knows us and what we do and it's almost certain that if we were to go, we'd be captured by the Taliban.

BBC: Afghan interpreters: 'No life for us here'

We do know that there was some fighting in Amarah last night before we were permitted to go in.

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