Troops Reduced to Foraging for Food 'Because Rations Are so Disgusting'

Mail on Sunday › January 20, 2008

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SOLDIERS on the frontline in Afghanistan are risking their lives by foraging for vegetables at night after complaining about 'disgusting' food in their ration packs.

Troops from the elite Coldstream Guards are in danger of being shot by the Taliban as they leave Army compounds to dig up potatoes and corn in abandoned fields.

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Troops Reduced to Foraging for Food 'Because Rations Are so Disgusting'

The men include Sgt Jonathan Wilson, 30, who has survived on ration packs for the past three months while on duty near the ...

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