David Wakefield

Two British soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan by an improvised bomb, the main weapon used by Taliban rebels, officials said Wednesday.

A soldier was killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a surge of deaths there, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.

A soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence here said on Saturday.

A soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence here said on Saturday.

A British soldier was shot dead on Tuesday at a vehicle checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence here said.

A British soldier was shot dead in southern Afghanistan on Monday, defence officials said.

Two NATO soldiers have died in Afghanistan, including one Briton who died during a major assault on a poppy-growing region, officials said Friday.

Two NATO soldiers have died in Afghanistan, including one Briton who died during a major assault on a poppy-growing region, officials said Friday.

A British soldier was shot dead in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the second to be killed the same day as part of a NATO assault against Taliban insurgents, defence officials said.

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - British troops have launched helicopter advances in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to prepare the battlefield for a major NATO operation, the British military said on Friday.

A British soldier was killed in an explosion Friday while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, officials in London said.

A foreign soldier fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan was killed on Saturday by a remote-controlled bomb, NATO said in a statement.

An explosion has killed two soldiers in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.

A British bomb disposal expert killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan amid a wave of violence that left six foreign soldiers dead, will be named on Tuesday,

A British bomb disposal expert killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan amid a wave of violence that left six foreign soldiers dead, will be named on Tuesday, a report said.

A soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Monday, announcing its first fatality in the conflict for 2010.

A British soldier has died in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday, taking the toll for 2009 to 108.

A British soldier has died in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday, taking the toll for 2009 to 108.

A British soldier was killed on Monday in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, taking the country's military death toll there this year to 107.

A soldier shot and killed in Afghanistan, taking the number of British deaths there this year alone to 98, will be named, a report said on Thursday.