LONDON - Britain's Ministry of Defense says two British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.A spokesman says the two men were hit by enemy fire while patrolling the area around their base in the Upper Gereshk Valley. He says a third soldier was also injured in Thursday's attack. The men served in the 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment.
On Sunday, three soldiers serving in the same unit were killed in an attack in the Upper Sangin Valley.