Two British soldiers were killed on Saturday in a Nato-led operation in southern Afghanistan where they have been engaged in heavy clashes with Taliban fighters in recent days. The soldiers, from the Royal Artillery's 29 Commando regiment were killed during a rocket attack in Sangin, a drug-producing corner of Helmand province.
The deaths of the British soldiers takes the number of UK troops killed while on operations in Afghanistan since 2001 to 50. Twenty-eight were killed in action. They will not be identified until later today. Brigadier Jerry Thomas, commander of the UK taskforce in Afghanistan, said to lose two men in one incident was a "deeply saddening blow". |