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Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan Six Nato troops killed in Afghanistan
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Two British soldiers were shot dead in Afghanistan on Saturday by a man wearing the local Afghan police uniform, the Ministry of Defence has said. Six Nato troops, including two British soldiers, have been killed in Afghanistan this weekend in suspected "insider" attacks.
In the most recent incident, four Nato troops were found dead and two wounded in Zabol province.
The attack came a day after two British soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan policeman while returning from a patrol in southern Helmand province, one of the strongholds of the Taliban-led insurgency.
The soldiers, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, were killed at a checkpoint in the south of Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province.The soldiers, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, were killed at a checkpoint in the south of Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province.
The deaths follow that of a soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards who died on Friday after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. At least 51 foreign military personnel have been killed in "insider" attacks this year, deaths that have put a heavy strain on relations between the coalition and Afghanistan as they move towards handing security responsibility to Afghan forces by the end of 2014.
The soldiers' next of kin had been informed. The rise in the number of such attacks has led to the training of new recruits to the Afghan army and police being suspended.
A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said: "It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce the death of two soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. With foreign combat troops withdrawing from the increasingly unpopular and expensive war, the enormous cultural divide still separating Afghans and their allies after 11 years of conflict has become more of a concern than ever.
"The soldiers were shot and killed by a man wearing the uniform of the Afghan local police at a checkpoint in the south of Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province." Adding to the toll of coalition deaths caused by insider attacks over the weekend, two were killed and nine wounded in Friday's attack on Camp Bastion, one of the worst attacks on a Nato-operated base this year.
Major Laurence Roche of Task Force Helmand said: "It is with deep sadness that I must report the death of two soldiers." Six Harrier jets were destroyed and two were significantly damaged in the raid on the camp airfield, carried out by 15 insurgents wearing US army uniforms, the Nato-led coalition said on Sunday.
"The Yorkshire Regiment has suffered a deep loss today and everyone serving within Task Force Helmand will want to send our condolences to the soldiers' families and loved ones at this time." The deaths of the British soldiers follow that of a soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, who died on Friday after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. He was named by the Ministry of Defence on Sunday as Lance Corporal Duane Groom. His next of kin have been informed.
The soldier who died on Friday was killed when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. The deaths bring to 430 the number of members of UK forces to have died since operations in Afghanistan began in October 2001.
The MoD said the deaths were unrelated to the attack at Camp Bastion in which two US Marines were killed.
Saturday's deaths bring the number of members of UK forces to have died since operations in Afghanistan began in October 2001 to 430.