Sangin Blasts kills 9 Britons, hurt eighteen

HELMAND, Mar. 07 - As many as many as twenty seven British soldiers sustained losses of life and injures as a result of seven deadly blasts in Sangin district of Helmand province, on Sunday, Mar. 07.

The reports from the region state that a roadside bomb tore through a group of on-foot British soldiers near the main bazaar of this district that left at leas 2 Britons dead and another 3 terribly wounded, however, about 12 Britons were injured and 7 killed during the six detonations occurred in the Khananu village of this district, in the afternoon hours of Sunday.

The helicopters have come three times to the area to airlift the dead and the wounded from the explosion sites, while the Mujahideen have recovered a weapon and some other important stuff left behind from the dead in the sites following the incidents, said the Mujahideen from the area.

Some British officers are said to have been among the dead.

Source: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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