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BBC reports the sad news of two more deaths in Afghanistan.
Two more UK troops have been killed in separate attacks in Helmand province in Afghanistan, the eighth and ninth soldiers to be killed this month.
One soldier was killed in an explosion and the second died from a gunshot wound. Their next of kin have been informed, the Ministry of Defence said.
The soldiers, who died on Thursday, were from 4th Battalion The Rifles and Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment.
The number of UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2001 is now 178.
The soldier from 4th Battalion The Rifles was killed in a blast while on foot patrol near Nad Ali on Thursday afternoon.
The soldier from Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was killed during an engagement with insurgent forces near Lashkar Gah on Thursday evening.
Lt Col Nick Richardson said: “These fine British soldiers paid the ultimate sacrifice and their memory will live with us forever.
“We mourn their loss and our thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends at this very sad time. We know that their deaths were not in vain.”
British forces are engaged in a major offensive in Helmand province, in the south of the country, and have been joined by about 4,000 US and 650 Afghan troops.
The joint campaign is designed to drive the Taliban out of the region and make it safe for presidential elections due next month.
Again platitudes from the power mad politicians and much of the MSM. Long past time when we had people of conscience doing our bidding, not careerists.
Will Cameron be better? I doubt it.
Will Cameron do better? I think so, he will genuinely respect our Armed Forces which is half the battle, the next is to ensure that the right resources are diverted to them to achieve our aims. This will require some “out of the box” thinking about budgets and how to get updated and needed equipment quickly to our Forces. The whole strategy will also need to change to one where we bed down for the long run and put in assets that will stay in Afghanistan for long periods to pick up the trust and intelligence that will eventually defeat the Taliban