Two British troops killed, one presumed dead after Afghan ambush
AFP, August, 2006
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — Two British NATO soldiers were killed and another was presumed dead after an ambush in southern Afghanistan, a day after the alliance assumed command from the US-led coalition.
Insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns aambushed a vehicle patrol of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Helmand province, the force and Britain's defence ministry said.
They were the seventh and eighth British soldiers to die this year in southern Afghanistan, where NATO is embarking on what it calls its most challenging mission yet to crack a growing Taliban insurgency.
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The NATO force announced the casualties in a statement without releasing their nationalities, adding that the attack happened at 7:30 am in the restive northern part of the province.
A ministry of defence spokeswoman in London later revealed the soldiers were British and had died during "ongoing" clashes with ...
