Bomb Hunters: Life and Death Stories with Britain's Elite Bomb Disposal Unit in Afghanistan

The IED (Improvised Explosive Device) is the Taliban's weapon of choice and the main killer of British troops in Afghanistan

Soldiers stand a one in ten chance of becoming a casualty in Helmand

Between September 2009 and April 2010 there were almost 2000 IED bombs being detonated or discovered

Since 2006, more than 350 British soliders have been killed in Helmand; more than 4000 injured

Of these, more than 150 have lost one or more limbs

The jobs of batting against these IEDs falls to the Joint Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group - the bomb hunters