Four British soldiers killed !
Its time to bring our forces home. Enough is enough!
THE first British woman was killed in action in Afghanistan in a blast that also claimed the lives of three other soldiers.
They were taking part in an operation east of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province when their vehicle was caught in an explosion at about 3.40pm local time yesterday.
Three of the soldiers were killed in the blast and another was pronounced dead on arrival at Camp Bastion.
A fifth soldier wounded in the attack is said to be in a stable condition.
Next of kin have been informed, the MoD said.
Brigadier General Carlos Branco, a spokesman for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, said: "Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with the family and friends of the brave soldiers who were killed today.
"These soldiers died and were wounded trying to help bring peace and security for the Afghan people."
When asked if he thought British efforts in Afghanistan were worth the bloodshed, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said it was the "only way this can be done".
Mr Miliband told Sky News: "We are in Afghanistan, where there are soldiers, diplomats or aid workers, with a very clear mission to make sure that Afghanistan has its own institution and its own security forces that ensure never again does it become a base for al Qaida. So we are there with a very clear national interest."
At least we've succeeded in lining the pockets of teh warlords..
We are not the worlds policeforce.
Idiot politicians again playing the big man.
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NO COMMENT!
It is not for their country....
it's the government's order to stick their nose on other's land!!!
still not late...
Every lady hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did. And is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did!!!
Sad loss of life..
Soldiers lay down their life for their country!
Its not our country. We need to get out of there as soon as possible.
There have been 793 coalition deaths --
492 Americans,
5 Australians,
94 Britons,
82 Canadians,
2 Czech,
14 Danes,
16 Dutch,
2 Estonians,
1 Finn,
12 French,
22 Germans,
11 Italians,
3 Norwegians,
3 Poles,
2 Portuguese,
8 Romanians
1 South Korean,
23 Spaniards,
2 Swedes
-- in the war on terror as of May 2, 2008, according to a CNN count. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
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LATEST SAD NEWS:
A Romanian soldier was killed Friday-13.06.2008 and three soldiers were injured while on patrol in Afghanistan.
The soldiers were travelling in four amphibious vehicles on the road between Kabul and Qualat when they were attacked by insurgents using light weapons and mortar shells, 50 kilometres from Qualat.
but the government are proud of their martyrdom
I think the peace can come only if the west stops the role of world policeman and let the fanatics /extremists kill each other.
The rest can have some peace !