Two UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Two British Nato soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan yesterday.

Two British Nato soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan yesterday.

The soldiers were patrolling in Helmand Province when their caught in an explosion. The deaths brought to 91 the number of British troops killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted from power in late 200.

Britain has about 7,800 troops in Afghanistan, mostly in Helmand, which is divided by a strip of land that produces nearly half the world's opium.

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