A British Gurkha soldier has been killed in Afghanistan

A British Gurkha soldier, serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, has been killed in Afghanistan.


According to the press release issued from the British embassy on Sunday he was died during operations on Saturday 15 October 2011 in the Nahr-e Saraj region of Helmand province Afghanistan.


Conforming the death British Army spokesman for Task Force Helmand, had said: 'It is with great sadness that I announce that a soldier from the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Gurkha Rifles, was killed during operations with Afghan Police partners to extend security in the Nahr-e Saraj region of Helmand,” reads the press release.


'Whilst protecting a checkpoint, his team came under insurgent small arms fire, during which he received a fatal gunshot wound”, the release further stated.


However, details about the deceased are yet to conform.