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Two soldiers from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment killed in Afghanistan05/06/2010
Two British soldiers have been killed in gun battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence said the men, from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, which is attached to The Royal Gurkha Rifles Battle Group, died in small arms fire in a battle with the Taliban. The fire fight with insurgent forces happened in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand. Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lieutenant Colonel James Carr-Smith, said: "It is with deep sorrow I must inform you that two soldiers from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, part of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Battle Group, were killed by small arms fire this afternoon in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand. "They will be sorely missed and we will remember them." Their deaths take the number of British troops who have died since 2001 when the mission in Afghanistan began to 292.
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