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A former CERN particle physicist is serving in Afghanistan as a force protection troop leader in the British Army.

Who would have ever guessed that the legacy left behind in Afghanistan by the British Army may well include top-notch science education for the students of Kabul? If it does, it might be down to Lieutenant James Jackson of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, who is serving on Herrick 19 as a force protection troop leader, defending the Afghan media operations cell and any journalists that visit the capital.

Lieutenant Jackson is a former particle physicist with CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research; one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research.

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