Taliban Kills 5 British Soldiers

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Taliban claim responsibility for killing five British troops in Afghanistan | World news | guardian.co.uk

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a gun attack that killed five British soldiers and injured several others in Helmand province, the prime minister, Gordon Brown told the Commons today.

The soldiers – who were tonight named by the Ministry of Defence as Warrant Officer Darren Chant, Sergeant Matthew Telford, Guardsman James Major, Acting Corporal Steven Boote and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith – were killed when an Afghan policeman opened fire at a checkpoint in the Nad-e'Ali district yesterday.

 

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