Serious British campaign medal collectors specialising in the region might be interested in adding the following to their collection:
Candahar, Ghuznee and Cabul medal (1842) (The First Afghan War)
Afghanistan Medal (1878- 80) (The Second Afghan War)
Kabul to Kandahar Star (1878 - 80)
India General Service Medal, clasp 'Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919' (The Third Afghan War)
Operational Service Medal (2001 on)
I have absolutely no idea how many thousands of British troops died in the campaigns associated with these medals, but it seems that 175 years after the first attempts to bring some sort of order to that country there are to be more.
Why?