UK aid worker killed near Kabul

A UK aid worker killed in Afghanistan has been named as University of Ulster research fellow Dr Jacqueline Kirk.

 

She was one of three female aid workers shot dead in an ambush, along with their Afghan driver, near Kabul, the International Rescue Committee said.

The other two women were American, Nicole Dial, and Canadian, Shirley Case.

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Canadian Aid worker shot dead

Canadian citizen, Shirley Case, one of three female aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan today, was a girl who wanted to help the world.

Case, 30, of Williams Lake, and Briton, Jackie Kirk, were killed by Taliban insurgents south of Kabul, a senior official of the aid agency International Rescue Committee said Wednesday.

Shirley Case

Another female aid worker, Nicole Dial from U.S., and a Kabul man who worked as a driver for the IRC, also died.

The group was en route to Kabul and travelling in a clearly marked International Rescue Committee vehicle when they came under fire at mid-morning.

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Danish Guard, Pvt Anders Storgaard, killed in gun battle with Taliban

Private Anders Storgaard

Private Anders Storgaard, serving with the Danish Royal Life Guards, was killed in action on 26th March 2008 in a battle with Taliban insurgents involvoing small arms fire, mortars and RPGs. 

As the battle intensified, the Danish unit of 35 men was reinforced with artillery and helicopter gunships. 

Private Storgaard and one other soldier were injured in the battle. As they were being airlifted to Camp Bastion field hospital, Private Storgaard died from his wounds.

Suicide bomb kills two Danish soldiers

Sergeant Sonny Jakobsen

Captain Christian Damholt

Two Danish soldiers lost their lives on 17th March 2008 in a suicide bomb attack on a NATO military convoy.

Sergeant Sonny Jakobsen, 45, (pictured above left) and Christian Damholt, a Captain aged 33 (pictured above right) were part of a Danish unit patrolling the city of Gereshk in Helmand province, alongside British and Afghan troops.

Several other soldiers were injured in the blast.