Two British troops killed in Afghanistan - MoD

Two British soldiers have been
killed during operations in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry
of Defence said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
The soldiers were killed on Wednesday by an explosion near
Lashkar Gah, a town in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan
that is a focus of fighting with the Taliban.
Thousands of U.S. and British forces have launched a
large-scale operation across southern Afghanistan in the past 24
hours to try to drive the Taliban back and retake territory.
The British deaths raise to at least 171 the number of
British troops to have died since Britain joined the United
States and other countries in invading Afghanistan in 2001.