UK soldier killed fighting Taliban
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 17:26
UK soldier killed in fire-fight with Taliban insurgents, Ministry of Defence announces
A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.
The soldier from the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment died this morning following a fire-fight with Taliban insurgents in Helmand province.
An MoD spokesman told
inthenews.co.uk the soldier had been killed in a deliberate operation targeting Taliban fighters in the upper Sangin valley.
Next of kin have been informed and have requested a 24-hour period of grace, he added.
Since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 107 British soldiers have been killed.