UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Sunday, 24 June 2007, 19:46 GMT 20:46 UK

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier has died following an explosion in southern
Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Four others were also injured in the blast in the Babaji area
near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province.

The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and
Sherwood Foresters, was taken to a military hospital but
was pronounced dead on arrival.

All the soldiers' families have been informed of the incident,
which happened on Sunday morning.

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[Doctor_J]

1. Remind me again why we're still in Afghanistan?

is it:

1. Pretending to be putting up game resistance to the Taliban, or

2. Assisting the Taliban

?

[maddezmom]

2. British open fire in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb hit a convoy of British troops Sunday, wounding one soldier and prompting them to open fire in a civilian area in insurgency-plagued Helmand province, killing one man, police said.

Also in the south, militants executed the kidnapped son of a police officer, reneging on a deal to free him in exchange for the release of a Taliban commander, while the latest violence killed more than a dozen suspected militants, a U.S.-led coalition soldier and four Afghan troops.

A remote-controlled bomb hit a NATO convoy, wounding one British soldier Sunday morning and prompting British troops to open fire south of Helmand's main city of Lashkar Gah, said provincial police chief Mohammad Hussain.

Hussain said the British gunfire killed one man, but it was not clear if the victim was a civilian or a militant involved in the attack.


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