Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that another British Soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the soldier was from the " 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 240 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total 209 have died in combat operations, while 31 have died due to illness, accidents or other incidents. Lets hope this is the last death this year in Afghanistan, to be honest have my doubts, Afghanistan is a hell hole for our Forces. When ever I see news footage from the place it brings back Vietnam but worse, since we cant win but we cant afford to lose, and then there is a nuclear armed Pakistan on the border, if we lose Afghanistan, the West could lose Pakistan, then all hell would break lose in the region.