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The serviceman from 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) was killed while conducting a routine patrol with members of the Afghanistan National Army on Saturday, officials said.Next of kin have been informed.The MoD said an investigation was under way into reports that the soldier was shot by a member of the Afghan National Army.The serviceman, who is yet to be named, was part of The Brigade Advisory Group carrying out a routine patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj District, officials added.He was providing fire support for a unit of comrades from his Jackal vehicle when he was shot, according to the MoD&nb...
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Taliban claims assassination of Karzai brother
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of President Hamid Karzai's younger brother on Tuesday, calling it "one of our biggest achievements" in nearly a decade of war.Taliban spokesman Usuf Ahmadi told AFP by telephone that the group had recently assigned a gunman to kill Ahmed Wali Karzai, a hugely powerful and controversial figure in the Afghan south&nb...
Monday, 4 July 2011
British soldier 'captured by Taliban in Afghanistan
The Ministry of Defence said the soldier was reported missing in the early hours of this morning after he disappeared from his base in central Helmand Province.The soldier's next of kin have been informed and a major search is under way to find him.A spokesman for the Taliban claimed that the militant group had captured the soldier on Sunday, and even claimed that they had executed him, in the Babaji area of southern Helmand."The soldier was captured yesterday evening during a firefight. When the fighting got more intense we couldn't keep him so we had to kill him," Qari Mohammad Yousuf told Reuters.The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the MoD declined to comment on the Taliban claims.Afghan police officials in southern Helmand said a British soldier had been kidnapped...
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