Two Nato soldiers and more than a dozen rebels have been killed in Afghanistan, the military said Saturday, with Taliban-linked violence spiralling weeks before presidential elections. A British soldier was killed when a bomb exploded on Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, a hot bed of Taliban violence where thousands of British and US troops are pressing offensives ahead of the August polls.
"The soldier was killed as a result of an explosion that happened whilst on a vehicle patrol in Lashkar Gah District, central Helmand Province," London's defence ministry said.
Western military casualties have hit record levels in Afghanistan as foreign governments scramble extra troops to the war-torn nation. Up to 12 insurgents were killed in a gun battle with US-led troops in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Friday. The rebels attacked US-led and Afghan security forces who were conducting operations against Taliban "suicide bombing cells in the area", a military spokesman said.
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