British Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan

• More British soldiers committed suicide in 2012 than died in Afghanistan: report

  A total of 50 serving and veteran British soldiers committed suicide last year, more than were killed fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to figures reported on Sunday.

• British Prime Minister David Cameron attends funeral of soldier killed on London street

  British Prime Minister David Cameron joined thousands of mourners today at the funeral of a soldier hacked to death on a London street in a suspected Islamist attack.

• UK cops arrest tenth suspect in British soldier's killing

  British police arrested a tenth suspect in connection with the killing of a soldier in London, an apparent Islamic extremist attack that has horrified the country and heightened racial tensions.

• Lee Rigby, soldier killed in London attack, had a 2-year-old son and was a Manchester United fan

  The soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack in London was a popular 25-year-old ceremonial military drummer and machine gunner, a father and a passionate fan of the Manchester United soccer team, the British military said.

• London attack: Two more arrested by British cops after soldier's killing

  British police made two further arrests yesterday and raided houses across London following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

• Soldier killed in London had served in Afghanistan

  The British soldier butchered on the streets of London by two suspected Islamists was a 25-year-old father who had fought the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.

• Seven US troops killed in Afghan bomb attack

  Seven US soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO and Western officials in Kabul said, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks for international forces this year.

• Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast

  Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that Britain was paying a "very high price" in Afghanistan after three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb.

• Afghan soldier kills British soldier, wounds six

  An Afghan soldier turned his weapon against foreign and Afghan troops in a southern province, killing one British soldier, another attack by a member of Afghanistan's military against its foreign allies, officials said on Tuesday.

• Three British soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan

  A man wearing Afghan police uniform shot dead three British soldiers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan on Sunday, Britain's Defence Ministry said on Monday. The soldiers were serving with an Afghan police advisory team and were killed after a meeting at the checkpoint at Nahr-e-Saraj in southern Helmand province.

• Attacker in Afghan uniform kills 2 NATO troops

  A man in an Afghan army uniform shot and killed two British soldiers on Monday inside a NATO base in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack appeared to be the latest in a string of so-called "green on blue" attacks in which Afghan security forces have turned on their international colleagues or mentors. Such attacks have become increasing...