A British Gurkha solider serving serving with the 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday.

According to British Embassy in Kathmandu, the soldier was killed in the Nahr-e Saraj region of Helmand. The Embassy hadn´t name the killed soldier but said the next of kin of the Gurkha soldier have been informed.

The Embassy quoted Lt Col Gordon Mackenzie, a British Army spokesman for Task Force Helmand, to add that the soldier received a fatal gunshot wound when insurgent attacked the checkpoint his team was protecting.

´It is with great sadness that I announce that a soldier was killed during operations with Afghan Police partners to extend security in the Nahr-e Saraj," the spokesperson said.

He is the eighth British Gurkha soldier to be killed in Afghanistan. The number of British military deaths stands at 383.

Published on: 17 October 2011 | Republica