Afghan Casualties

The MoD has announced the death of Lance Corporal Paul Muirhead through wounds sustained in the action,on 1st September,in which Private Craig O'Donnell was killed.

On Wednesday, Corporal Mark William Wright was killed when his patrol entered an unmarked minefield in Helmand province.

The deaths of Lance Corporal Muirhead and Corporal Wright bring the total British Army fatalities in Afhganistan to 39.