3 British Soldiers Killed in Taliban Rebel Attack
Taliban rebels firing rocket-propelled grenades killed three British soldiers, the first coalition fatalities since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization took command of insurgency-racked southern Afghanistan this week.
The ambush in Helmand province also seriously wounded a fourth British soldier and was the deadliest single incident suffered by the British since they deployed in late 2001 to help topple the hard-line Taliban regime.
Harrier jets and Apache helicopters strafed Taliban positions and “inflicted some casualties,” said Brig. Ed Butler, the British force commander.
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