19th century British patriotic writer Rudyard Kipling penned many memorable lines on the dangers and intrinsic nobility of life for a British soldier. What was one of his more evocative passages about military service in Afghanistan?

‘When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s Plains
And the women come out to cut up what remains
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
And you’ll go to your God like a soldier’.

Source: The Young British Soldier by Rudyard Kipling

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