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Three UK Paras killed in Afghanistan

by Amitjha | August 7, 2009 at 03:14 am

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The news of Mehsud death is general respite for the NASA troops in Afghanistan. Meanwhile three British para soldiers killed in an explosion and fouth one is critically injured.195 British soldiers have died since 2001 in Afghanistan.

Three British soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The servicemen, from the Parachute Regiment, died north of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province on Thursday afternoon.

The three personnel were killed and a fourth was critically injured when their Jackal armoured vehicle was hit by an explosion and small-arms fire.

The soldiers' families have been told. A total of 195 British troops have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001.

The MoD said it was believed that the three soldiers died in the initial blast.

The troops were carrying out a routine security patrol with Afghan national security forces

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albertacowpoke

at 03:27 on August 7th, 2009

Thanks for this story Amitjha. May they rest in peace.

albertacowpoke

at 03:31 on August 7th, 2009

NATO and the British government said the soldiers' armored vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb north of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province on Thursday before insurgents opened fire. The soldiers fired back, but the three were killed.

Attacks killed at least 75 troops from the U.S. and other international military forces in July, the highest death toll for a single month since 2001, according to military reports.

Thousands of additional U.S. Marines have been deployed to southern Afghanistan — the Taliban's heartland — in an attempt to reverse the militants' gains and enable for the Aug. 20 elections to take place.