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Two Nato Soldiers Die in Afghanistan
 A British soldier and a NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... soldier whose nationality was not disclosed have died in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan. The British Ministry of Defence said that a British soldier was killed while on a patrol in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province on Friday. "The soldier was serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand, on a patrol to disrupt bad turban movements in the area, when he was killed as a result of small-arms fire," the Ministry statement said Saturday. Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... Isaf in a statement on Saturday said that a NATO soldier died as a result of a non-battle related injury in southern Afghanistan today. Isaf did not provide any details about the nationality of the soldier and exact location of the incident. Britannia has around 9,500 troops Afghanistan, most of them based in southern Helmand province. It has had 410 soldiers die in the Afghan war, according to the website Icasulaties.org which tracks foreign soldiers' deaths in Afghanistan. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-04-29 |
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