Thursday, March 24, 2011

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Two British soldiers from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 23rd March 2011.

The soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device after returning from an operation in support of an Afghan National Army Company, alongside C Company of the Danish Battle Group, to disrupt insurgent activity and search compounds of interest in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.

Updated: Major Matthew Collins and Sgt. Mark Burgan

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