Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a British Soldier was killed today in Afghanistan, the soldier was from the " Household Cavalry Regiment ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 277 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 244 in combat operations and 33 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. The UK has lost eleven soldiers this month, the Army needs to look at its field operations, getting close to the Afghan People should not come at the cost of this many deaths every month.