3 British troops killed in southern Afghanistan (10 international troops killed since Friday)

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Source: CNN

LONDON, England (CNN) — Three British troops under NATO command in Afghanistan were killed on Wednesday in an explosion in the southern part of the country, the British Defense Ministry said.

They are among 10 international troops in Afghanistan who have died in bombings since Friday.

The ministry said the soldiers, from 1st Battalion The Rifles, died from their wounds after an “enemy explosion during an escort operation in the Gereshk district of Helmand province.”

“Today has been incredibly sad for the whole of Task Force Helmand, and particularly for The Rifles,” Task Force Helmand spokeswoman Cmdr. Paula Rowe said in a statement.


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1. Armed Forces 'are fighting British Muslims with Yorkshire accents' in Afghanistan

The Armed Forces are increasingly fighting British Muslims with Midlands and Yorkshire accents on the battlefields of Afghanistan.
Intelligence reports show that rising numbers of home-grown jihadists have joined the Taliban so they can kill British soldiers.
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Surveillance operations from the warzone has picked up voices talking with West Midlands and Yorkshire accents, according to official briefing documents.
The electronic 'chatter' confirms mounting fears that young disaffected Muslims are travelling to southern Afghanistan to commit violence against British targets.
MI5 has estimated that up to 4,000 British Muslims had travelled to Pakistan and Afghanistan for military training, with 'dozens' switching to the front-line.
One senior military source said intelligence officers had been hearing more voices speaking in Pakistani accents such as Punjabi, Urdu and Kashmiri Urdu rather than Pashtu, the official Afghan language.
He said: 'There appears to be more men from other parts of Pakistan fighting with the Taliban than just the Pashtuns who have tribal allegiances with the Afghan Pashtuns
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1154986/Armed-Forces-fighting-British-Muslims-Yorkshire-accents-Afghanistan.html