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MOT (Military Observation Team) from 1st Battalion the Royal Gloucester, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry (1 RGBWLI) visits mountain villages near Mazar-e Sharif as part of the PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team).
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START 11:00:00 Bars and tone.
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11:00:30 Soldiers in the mountains hitch a ride on a local man's donkey.
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11:02:22 Satellite telephone is set up and a long call to base is made confirming the patrols movements.
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10:08:49 Satellite telephone is set up at a second location; radio check is made.
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11:10:41 Richard Payne walks and talks with patrol captain, discussing the situation in Charkint District and thanking the captain for allowing him to accompany the patrol.
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11:13:31 Sunset shots over Afghan plain; PRT vehicles drive away from the camera into the distance.
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11:15:08 Mazar-e Sharif Airfield: soldier patrolling the area. Second soldier keeps watch from roof of building. Control Tower (with Jordanian flag flying); C130 Hercules lands in background, with two Ilyushin Il-76TD aircraft in foreground.
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11:18:09 Second Hercules aircraft (Swedish Air Force) comes in to land and taxies past the camera.
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11:20:33 Back in Kabul, reporter Richard Payne gives a piece to camera about the repatriation of a soldier from 1 RGBWLI (Lance Corporal Steven Sherwood, although he is not named here).
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11:22:32 Union flag flying at half mast. Sign: "Headquarters British Forces Afghanistan".
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11:23:35 Camera pointed downward but not switched off. Voiceover (Richard Payne) gives a report of the fatal shooting at Mazar-e Sharif.
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11:25:33 Two pieces to camera by Richard Payne at 1 RGBWLI Headquarters discussing the repatriation.
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11:28:31 Camera pointed downward but not switched off. Voiceover (Richard Payne) reports on the stepping up of security at Mazar-e Sharif in the wake of the fatal shooting.
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11:30:17 Statement by Major Charlie Maconochie of 1 RGBWLI, giving a message of sympathy for families affected, praising the soldiers and thanking ISAF and Afghan partners for their support.
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END 11:34:22
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