British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast

By IANS,

London : A British soldier died from an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the British Ministry of Defence has said.


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The soldier was serving with the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment as a part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj North when he was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED), Xinhua reported Thursday.

The British government has plans to withdraw its combat troops from Afghanistan by 2015.

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