Killing 6 British soldiers in Afghanistan

Killing 6 British soldiers in Afghanistan

Six British soldiers killed yesterday when a was subjected to their armored vehicle during a patrol in the logic of Helmand in southern Afghanistan.

On the other hand, due to a seven Polish soldiers were acquitted last June before the highest court in Poland a new trial on charges of committing war crimes that have killed eight Afghan civilians in the village.

This is the largest number of British soldiers fall in a single incident in Afghanistan since 2006 and has, raising the death toll of British troops there to 404 since the US-led invasion in 2001 to topple the Taliban government.

Said Mohammed Ismail Huhtak a senior police officer in Helmand, said the blast was caused by a bomb planted on the road. He said British Prime Minister David Cameron Broadcasting Corporation and British TV (me. Me. C) "This reminds us of the great price we pay in the work we do in Afghanistan and the sacrifice made by our soldiers, and still they make."

He said British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond "I condemn in the strongest terms those responsible for the incident who will fail in the end to disable the task of protecting our national security at home and are making real progress in Helmand province." "The result of the continuing efforts of our armed forces .. We are on the path of Afghanistan able to stand on her feet, while the British combat operations cease at the end of 2014 ".

Britain has about 9,500 troops in Afghanistan is scheduled to cut that number in stages, with Britain ending combat operations in next two years. A military source said a senior British in Helmand, "It is unfortunate that this happens at the end of the tour but we can at this stage of the tour and with what progress we have made to put it in context