Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that another British Soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the soldier was from the " 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South) ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 287 of its Armed Forces Personnel (AFP) in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 253 in combat operations and 34 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. In May of 2009 the UK lost 12 of its AFP, in 2008 it was 3, in 2007 it was 5. Thus far this month the UK has lost five its AFP, these months are the battle times in Afghanistan, the UK should expect more losses over the months.