Camp Bastion, the British military base in Afghanistan, north-west of Lashkar Gar, is well-named. Despite being thrown up by a regiment of Royal Engineers in 2006, its metres-thick ramparts are as impervious to attack as any historic fortification, and have proved resistant to very modern attacks, from rockets to vehicles being driven into them.

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