| Date: 10/08/2012 Time: 05:47:00 PM |
36 4 GEN 0136 KUWAIT /KUNA-LYL7
MIL-UK-DEATH
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
LONDON, Aug 10 (KUNA -- A UK soldier from the 3rd Battalion The Rifles has
been killed while on patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said
Friday.
The serviceman was on patrol in the Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand Province
when he was killed by "enemy action".
Earlier, the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said three US
soldiers were killed in an incident in south-west Afghanistan by "an
individual wearing Afghan uniform".
The UK soldier's death takes the number of British service personnel killed
in Afghanistan since operations began in 2001 to 423.
There are around 9,500 UK soldiers in Afghanistan, the majority in the
tense southern Helmand province, a hotbed of the insurgency in the war-torn
country. |