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Soldiers prepare for Afghan return

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When the 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, nicknamed 'the Vikings', were last in Afghanistan in 2007 they had more casualties in a single month than any British army battalion since the war. Defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports on their preparations as they get ready to return.

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