Topic: Camp Bastion

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Let's Get Social!
Episode 611 3:31:50 - 3:33:25

611: Let's Get Social!

Camp Bastion Security Breach and Poppy Cultivation

A British parliamentary committee found that commanders were "complacent" during a 2012 Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. A BBC report initially mentioned that poppy cultivation was allowed right up to the base's perimeter fence, though this detail was reportedly removed from subsequent broadcasts.