Six UK troops killed in south Afghanistan
Six British soldiers have been killed when their armored vehicle was caught in a powerful explosion in the troubled southern Afghanistan. - Britain’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that the soldiers were killed on routine patrol northwest of Durai Junction in Helmand province when their vehicle was struck on Tuesday evening. All six soldiers were killed, five from 3rd battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from 1st Battalion the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. Britain reportedly has around 9,500 soldiers in Afghanistan, making it the second largest force in the country after the United States. The latest deaths bring to 404 the number of British soldiers killed in war-battered Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.
Daily Mail: Six British soldiers missing, feared dead, after attack on armoured vehicle