Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a UK Soldier was killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan, the Soldier was from the “ 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), serving with the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 341 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 301 in combat action and 40 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.