Many British casualties in Afghanistan
Afganistan: The death of three British soldiers in the southern
Helmand province raised the death toll of those troops to 204 on Monday,
after their joint invasion with the United States to Afghanistan on
October 7, 2001.
Those fatal casualties were caused by a dynamite blast against an
armored vehicle that was patrolling near the city of Sangin, confirmed
the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) command.
The Defense Ministry has previously announced in London the symbolic
threshold of 200 British deaths had been exceeded in Afghanistan, with
another blast on August 13, an event that shook the British public
opinion.
Since early July, 31 British soldiers have died (13 in August), and
those casualties have been attributed to a full-scale operation
developed by over 700 special troops in Helmand's districts, aimed at
trying to make viable the people's vote in the presidential elections
scheduled for Thursday.
With its 9,150-member expeditionary contingent, Great Britain is the
country, after the United States that is contributing more soldiers to
Afghanistan occupation through the ISAF.
Kabul, Prensa Latina
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