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02/08/2010
More Soldiers Die In Afghanistan Conflict
Two more British troops have paid the ultimate price this past weekend after Taliban forces shot dead one British soldier and killed another in a bomb attack in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.
The Ministry of Defence said on Monday that one of the soldiers, from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, was killed by small arms fire in Lashkar Gah district while the second died when an improvised explosive device went off in the Sangin region while the Royal Marine, from 40 Commando Royal Marines was on a foot patrol on Sunday.
Next of kin have been told in both cases.
Their deaths bring the overall number of British troops who have been killed since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 to 327.
It also emerged that neither of the fatalities were taking part in a major new British offensive called Operation Tor Shezada, or 'Black Prince', which began last Friday and is centred around Sayedebad, also in Helmand.
Around 30,000 international troops are deployed in the southern Taliban heartlands of Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
(BMcC/GK)
The Ministry of Defence said on Monday that one of the soldiers, from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, was killed by small arms fire in Lashkar Gah district while the second died when an improvised explosive device went off in the Sangin region while the Royal Marine, from 40 Commando Royal Marines was on a foot patrol on Sunday.
Next of kin have been told in both cases.
Their deaths bring the overall number of British troops who have been killed since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 to 327.
It also emerged that neither of the fatalities were taking part in a major new British offensive called Operation Tor Shezada, or 'Black Prince', which began last Friday and is centred around Sayedebad, also in Helmand.
Around 30,000 international troops are deployed in the southern Taliban heartlands of Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
(BMcC/GK)
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20 September 2010
Two Dead As British Troops Leave Sangin
British troops have now left one of the deadliest districts in southern Afghanistan, handing over responsibility to American forces - with two more tragic fatalities to mark the past weekend. Around 1,000 British troops in Sangin are to redeploy to central Helmand.
Two Dead As British Troops Leave Sangin
British troops have now left one of the deadliest districts in southern Afghanistan, handing over responsibility to American forces - with two more tragic fatalities to mark the past weekend. Around 1,000 British troops in Sangin are to redeploy to central Helmand.
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