One British Soldier killed in Afghanistan

Another British soldier was killed in Afghanistan , fuelling fresh fears about the deteriorating security situation and calls for more reinforcements. Private Andrew Barrie Cutts was the fourth soldier to die in one mountainous enclave in the space of a week, as military chiefs warned that some troops are on the brink of exhaustion. A total of ten British troops have now lost their lives in Helmand in the last eight weeks, although the main purpose of the mission was supposed to be reconstruction. NATO said Private Cutts was shot as forces pushed into the mountainous district of Musa Qala in a drive to assert Afghan government control in a rebel stronghold.