More than 1,100 Americans died.

A British soldier was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan, the Defence Ministry on Monday.

The soldier was one of the 101 Engineer Regiment, a bomb disposal unit.

His family was informed of his death and begged him not to get more information on this release for 24 hours, the ministry said.

The soldier is the 309th British fatality in Afghanistan since at least October 2001, when NATO troops invaded to overthrow the rule of the Taliban.



June was especially deadly for the coalition troops in Afghanistan with less than 96 deaths, according to records CNN.

The UK has the fight against the second largest contingent of foreign troops in Afghanistan against the insurgents, to the United States.

British Prime Minister, David Cameron said Friday that British troops in Afghanistan will take place before the next general elections by 2015.

We can not be there for another five years after it for nine years and, in fact, told Sky News from Canada in the G8 and G20.


work but even then, Britain and Afghanistan must continue it, he said.

Britain should have a long term relationship with Afghanistan, including support for training and supporting its troops and civil society, government and all parties in Afghanistan shortly after the great majority of soldiers, he said.

, So Cameron's inability to maintain long-term relationships is one reason that British troops have been there.

In the past, we are moving to countries like Afghanistan and to some extent, Pakistan, and was in the Badlands, he said.