A Bomb Explosion Kills British Soldiers

Liputan6.com, London: A British soldier killed in Afghanistan, Friday (30/12) a day before the turn of the year 2011. Death of a British soldier is to add more number of British military personnel killed in the conflict country to 46 people during 2011. This information allowed the British defense ministry.

Unnamed victim was killed by an explosion in the Nahr-e Sarj District, Helmand province is derived from the 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.

Since 2001, British troops operating in Afghanistan killed at least 394 personnel. 2014 The British government plans to pull its military combat role in Afghanistan. While the troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2015 began with the withdrawal of about 500 personnel in 2012. Britain is the country's second-largest supporter of the troops after the U.S. in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). (ANT / AFP / Vin)