Two British soldiers killed by Afghan police

A British Royal Air Force airman and a soldier from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards were killed on Saturday in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province. They were providing security for a meeting with local officials at a patrol base, the British Defence Ministry said. The incident take the number of deaths of British servicemen and women in Afghanistan since 2001 to 414. An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) spokesman said the attack was conducted by two people wearing Afghan Police uniforms. One is on the run and the other was killed when forces returned fire, the spokesman said. Five British soldiers were killed by a rogue Afghan policeman in November 2009. The gunman opened fire on the men in a military compound in Nad e-Ali before fleeing. The Taliban later claimed responsibility.