Deaths in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that 6 UK Soldiers have been killed today in Afghanistan, “ 5 of the Soldiers were from the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and 1 from the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 404 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 364 in combat operations and 40 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.