BBCNEWS Our World November 18, 2017
When he entered a building in kabul under fire, to sniff out explosives and insurgents. Our reporter Chi Chi Izundu has the story. This is mali, the eight year old belgian mellonwah, whos been awarded the dickin medal, the highest honour for an army animal. In 2012, he was helping british troops in afghanistan when they came under attack. While searching for insurgents, mali came under direct fire as he sniffed out explosives and searched for a safe exit. His special forces handler during the operation is anonymous for security reasons. From operations that we had been on previously, he had re...