British soldier killed in Afghanistan World news

A British infantryman has died from wounds postulated in an blast in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence pronounced today.

The serviceman from 3 Rifles was killed yesterday sunrise whilst on feet unit nearby Sangin, in Helmand province.

His genocide is not related to the ongoing Moshtarak operation. Next of family have been informed.

Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, orator for Task Force Helmand, said: "It is my unhappy avocation to surprise you that yesterday a British infantryman from 3 Rifles died as a outcome of an blast in Sangin, northern Helmand.

"He was on a feet unit to the south-west of unit bottom Blenheim when he was struck by an explosion.

"He died in the march of his avocation and between his comrades. He will be sorely longed for and we will recollect him."

The ultimate genocide takes the series of British casualties given fighting began in Afghanistan in 2001 to 269.

It is the second deadliness to strike 3 Rifles in the past couple of days. On Tuesday, Corporal Richard Green, 23, from Reading, was shot passed whilst at a checkpoint nearby Sangin.