Tag: Sangin District

Safe in Sangin

News from the Sangin District of Helmand Province in Afghanistan…

First Battalion 5th Marines have fought bitterly to secure a “safe zone” of two square kilometres (less than a square mile) around the district bazaar.

And that’s the only “safe zone” in Sangin!

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You can’t see two square kilometers on this scale, but maybe if we zoom in…

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Nah, you still can’t see our “safe zone,” so let’s zoom again!