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Sangin, Afghanistan, March 3, (PRINTWORDS NEWS) A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence has announced the report. With the death of this man, the number of fatalities of British soldiers in Afghanistan has reached 268 ever since the conflict started. Unfortunately, the death was reportedly not even connected to Operation Moshtarak, a conflict against the Taliban. The ministry announced that the British soldier was killed near a vehicle checkpoint in southern Afghanistan. Reports indicate that the man was the 2nd British soldier to be killed in 2 days near Sangin, in the north of Helmand province.
A spokesperson for Task Force Helmand, Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield said, “It is my sad duty to inform you that a British soldier… was killed by small arms fire in Sangin, northern Helmand.” He further added, “He was part of a team from 3 Rifle partnering Afghan national army soldiers at a vehicle checkpoint to the south-east of Sangin district centre when the checkpoint was fired on. He died protecting the people of Sangin. He will be sorely missed by us, his comrades – we will remember him.”
The Pakistan based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba is being blamed by an Afghan intelligence official for the car bomb and suicide attacks which took place in last week. The attack killed 16 people in Kabul. Lashkar-e-Taiba is also the group which is blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008 which took the lives of 166 innocent people. The incident further created tension between the rival countries India and Pakistan. A spokesperson of Afghanistan’s national directorate of security, Saeed Ansari reportedly said, he has evidence to show Pakistan was involved in the terror attacks which took place in the guesthouses of Kabul. Indians as well as other foreigners reportedly visit the place. In the terror attack of Kabul, 6 Indians reportedly died.
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