Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that another British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the soldier was from the " 3rd Battalion The Rifles ". This is the second death in two days, in 2009 the UK lost three soldiers for the month of March. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 268 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 235 in combat operations and 33 due to illines, accidents or other incidents.