UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Two nation soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.

The MoD said digit shirker of 1st Battalion Brittanic Guards and digit shirker of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment were killed in an discharge on Wednesday.

The deaths bring the number of UK personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 171. Next of kin have been informed.

The US grey says it has launched a field opprobrious against the Taliban in south Afghanistan's Helmand province.

A further six members of Nato forces were also injured in Wednesday's move in Helmand Province, which participating an temporary explosive device (IED).

Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lt Col Nick Richardson, said there was a unfathomable significance of expiration as a termination of the soldiers' deaths.

He said: "We afflict for them at this rattling depressing time. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families, friends and colleagues who see the large loss."

An MoD spokesman said the soldiers had been killed while on Operation Panthers Claw nearby Lashkar Gah in central Helmand province.
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