10 Days . . . 15 Deaths

Sunday HeraldJuly 13, 2009

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JUST over 10 days of fierce fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand Province has claimed the lives of 15 British soldiers as Operation Panther's Claw pushes into Taliban heartlands.

In one 24-hour period alone, eight military personnel were killed as the enemy threw all they could at UK troops. Bullets, rocket- propelled grenades and roadside bombs have wreaked havoc, bringing the death toll in Afghanistan to 184 - five higher than that in Iraq.

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10 Days . . . 15 Deaths

Names have been released for all but six of those killed, who came from regiments across the UK.

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