MOD: Public urged not to send Christmas gifts to Afghanistan

Name: MOD: Public urged not to send Christmas gifts to Afghanistan
Uploaded: 2011-11-30T10:52:04.000Z
Duration: 2 min
Description: Well wishers have been asked to stop sending Christmas parcels to soldiers in Afghanistan because they are clogging up the post.

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The Ministry of Defence has urged people not to send unsolicited presents to soldiers in Afghanistan.

The logistical effort surrounding deliveries is so complex that any non-urgent supplies are hampering the military effort.

The BBC's defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports from Afghanistan

30 November 2011