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Three British soldiers killed in Iraq and Kabul
Two British soldiers were killed and a third was seriously wounded today north of Basra, the British military said. And another British soldier was killed in the Afghanistan capital.
The soldiers in Iraq were killed when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb, said British military spokesman Maj. Charlie Burbridge.
Their identities were withheld pending notification of their families.
In Afghanistan, a car bomb targeting a British military convoy killed four Afghan civilians and one British soldier in the Afghan capital, Nato and Afghan officials said. Ten people were wounded.
The explosion happened on the Kabul-Jalalabad road at 10.15am local time, Nato officials said.
Afghan officials said it was a suicide bombing and the attacker also died.
But Nato spokesman Maj. Toby Jackman said it was unclear if the attack was a suicide bombing or caused by a bomb that was being transported in a car exploding prematurely.
The Ministry of Defence said a four-wheel-drive vehicle was driven at the British convoy. It said one soldier had died and another was seriously wounded and evacuated to a military medical facility for treatment.
Maj. Luke Knittig, another Nato spokesman, said the soldier who died was initially reported wounded, but later succumbed to his injuries. He said in all, three Nato troops were wounded. Two sustained light injuries.
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Their identities were withheld pending notification of their families.
In Afghanistan, a car bomb targeting a British military convoy killed four Afghan civilians and one British soldier in the Afghan capital, Nato and Afghan officials said. Ten people were wounded.
The explosion happened on the Kabul-Jalalabad road at 10.15am local time, Nato officials said.
Afghan officials said it was a suicide bombing and the attacker also died.
But Nato spokesman Maj. Toby Jackman said it was unclear if the attack was a suicide bombing or caused by a bomb that was being transported in a car exploding prematurely.
The Ministry of Defence said a four-wheel-drive vehicle was driven at the British convoy. It said one soldier had died and another was seriously wounded and evacuated to a military medical facility for treatment.
Maj. Luke Knittig, another Nato spokesman, said the soldier who died was initially reported wounded, but later succumbed to his injuries. He said in all, three Nato troops were wounded. Two sustained light injuries.
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Four Afghan civilians were killed and another nine, including three Nato troops, were injured when a four-wheel drive vehicle drove into a Nato convoy on Jalalabad Road, one of Kabul's busiest streets. The suicide bomber was also killed.
"We can confirm that a UK military convoy has been attacked by a suspected suicide bomber in Kabul at approximately 10.30 local time this morning," the MoD said in a statement.
"Sadly, one UK soldier has been killed and another very seriously injured as a result of this attack," he said. "The injured soldier has been evacuated to a military medical facility for treatment."
The deaths come two days after 14 British soldiers were killed when an RAF Nimrod plane crashed in Kandahar province, in the south of the country.
Nato spokesman Major Toby Jackman said it was unclear if the attack was a suicide bombing or caused by a bomb that was being transported in a car, exploding prematurely.
The United Nations placed restrictions on movement of its personnel as British soldiers blocked the road leading to the site.
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