Ep 14: The Gardener of Laskhar Gah - Britain's Afghan Betrayal

Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · Nov 10, 2023 · 43m

When I worked at the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province, I was largely based at the Forward Operating Base in Lashkar Gah - the main city of Helmand. There, amid the dust and noise of an active military campaign, there was a small, beautifully tended garden inside the base. I’m going to be honest and say that I was too preoccupied with my own job ever to ask myself who was responsible for its upkeep- even as I enjoyed that little slice of tranquility and beauty almost every day.

Had I stopped to find out, I would have learned that the gardener was Shaista Gul, a local Afghan…