Soldier Dies In Further Afghan Carnage

Days after an Irish soldier was injured following an explosion in Afghanistan, a colleague in the British army has been killed in a separate incident.

The soldier who died was a member of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), on attachment to the Parachute Regiment.

The injuries of two soldiers also caught in that explosion are not thought to be life threatening.

The soldier's death, on Tuesday night, takes the number of British military casualties in the country to 111.

Meanwhile, Royal Irish Ranger Martin Delaney, of Lusk, Co Dublin, who was struck by a roadside explosive device while travelling in an army Land Rover at the weekend has been counting his blessings.

The device was planted by Taliban insurgents and left the 23 year-old suffering shrapnel wounds.

He had to be treated along with two other soldiers injured in the attack.

However, the Dublin soldier's father Patrick Delaney, has revealed in a statement that Martin telephoned him on Sunday to let them know he was recovering well after Friday night's attack in the Sangin area of Helmand Province.

Mr Delaney told reporters his family had been glued to the news since his son was shipped out for his first tour of Afghanistan five months ago.

(DW)