LONDON, Jan 12: A British bomb disposal expert died following an explosion in Afghanistan Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.
The soldier, from 11 EOD Regiment, was killed as a result of an explosion in the Musa Qala area in northern Helmand province.
His death takes the number of British service personnel who have died since the start of operations in Afghanistan in 2001 to 247.
He was the second British serviceman to die in Afghanistan this year and one of six Nato troops killed in a series of incidents on Monday the deadliest day for the Nato-led international force in more than two months.
Three US soldiers were killed in a firefight with militants during an "operational patrol" in southern Afghanistan, US military spokesman Colonel Wayne Shanks said.
A French officer was killed during a joint patrol with Afghan troops in Alasay, a valley largely under insurgent control that Nato is trying to reclaim, and the nationality of the sixth soldier, who was killed in eastern Afghanistan, has not yet been released. INP
The soldier, from 11 EOD Regiment, was killed as a result of an explosion in the Musa Qala area in northern Helmand province.
His death takes the number of British service personnel who have died since the start of operations in Afghanistan in 2001 to 247.
He was the second British serviceman to die in Afghanistan this year and one of six Nato troops killed in a series of incidents on Monday the deadliest day for the Nato-led international force in more than two months.
Three US soldiers were killed in a firefight with militants during an "operational patrol" in southern Afghanistan, US military spokesman Colonel Wayne Shanks said.
A French officer was killed during a joint patrol with Afghan troops in Alasay, a valley largely under insurgent control that Nato is trying to reclaim, and the nationality of the sixth soldier, who was killed in eastern Afghanistan, has not yet been released. INP
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