Three Dead in Afghan Blast ; Three Westcountry-Based Soldiers Have Been Killed by a Blast in Afghanistan in What Is Believed to Be the Single Worst Loss of Life in the War-Torn Country This Year.

Western Morning News, The › February 27, 2009

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Three Westcountry-based soldiers have been killed by a blast in Afghanistan in what is believed to be the single worst loss of life in the war-torn country this year.

The tragedy, announced by the Ministry of Defence yesterday, came on the same day another soldier died of injuries he sustained on duty in the country.

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Three Dead in Afghan Blast ; Three Westcountry-Based Soldiers Have Been Killed by a Blast in Afghanistan in What Is Believed to Be the Single Worst Loss of Life in the War-Torn Country This Year.

The three soldiers from 1st Battalion The Rifles were killed when a bomb struck their weapon-mounted "WMIK" Land Rover in southern Afghanistan.

The Rifles, formed in 2007 from the merg...

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