Afghan death soldiers will be named
Three British soldiers who died on one of the bloodiest days for UK forces in Afghanistan are due to be named.
A total of four service personnel were killed in three separate incidents in Helmand province on Thursday.
Corporal Sean Binnie, 22, from the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, died in a fire fight with insurgents near Musa Qala.
Another two British soldiers, one from 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles and the other from 173 Provost Company, 3rd Regiment, Royal Military Police, were killed by a suicide bomber during a patrol in Gereshk.
The attack also left at least 16 Afghan civilians dead and more than 30 wounded, according to the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf).
The fourth UK soldier, from 2nd Battalion the Rifles, was killed when his Jackal patrol vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device near Sangin.
Thursday was the worst day for British forces in Afghanistan since February 25, when three soldiers and one Royal Marine died. The deaths took the number of UK service personnel killed in the country since operations began in 2001 to 157.
Cpl Binnie, who was born in Dublin to Scottish parents and split his time between Belfast and Aberdeen, was taking part in a routine reassurance patrol with the Afghan National Army on Thursday when he came under attack.
He was killed when he went forward to engage the enemy and get his comrades out of danger.
His wife, Amanda, 21, spoke of her devastation at losing her "hero". Addressing her late husband, she said: "You have been so strong and brave. Our married life has been a short six months and I'm speaking for both of us in saying it was the best six months ever."
