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Speaking to LBC’s David Lammy, the mother of Lieutenant Daniel Clack, who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan aged just 24 on 12 August 2011, reflected on her feelings ten years on from his death. Sue explained how seeing the coverage of the Taliban’s rapid gains in the country as it slowly takes back control following the withdrawal of western troops leaves her with the “niggly question” that “maybe he died for nothing”. The heartbreaking call comes as the Taliban closes in on the Afghan capital of Kabul as UK nationals are evacuated out by 600 British army soldiers who are arriving in the country this weekend.
Sue said: “Dan never wanted to do anything else… he knew that he would deploy to Afghnistan.
“He felt that he was trained well enough and that he never anticipated he would die.”
But in a heartbreaking admission, she explained how despite never thinking he would be killed in action, he still wrote letters in case the worse happened.
She said: “He wrote letters for us to open should that situation occur where he apologised.”
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And in a desperately sad moment she added: “But also said it was the greatest privilege he ever had to be leading the Rifles.”
A visible emotional David Lammy replied: “I think I’ll cry now.”
The caller added: “I have a scroll from the Queen that basically says ‘he gave his life for Queen and country’ and that’s what it was – that’s who he served.
“He knew that’s where he would go, he never questioned it, and when he was out there – he did the best he could.”
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“Now it’s going to be front page news again for months and that will make it very hard.”
The Taliban have made huge gains across Afghanistan in recent weeks as Western forces pull out of the country.
On Saturday evening there were reports the Taliban were outside the capital Kabul preparing to launch an offensive to take the city.
456 British forces personnel lost their lives in Afghanistan during the coalition’s 20-year campaign to keep the Taliban from control. Of that total 405 were killed as a result of hostile action, according to the Ministry of Defence.
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