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March 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The youngest victim was 19-year-old Private Christopher Kershaw while three others were 20 and one was 21.
The five younger victims were from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.
The oldest of the victims was 33-year-old Sergeant Nigel Coupe from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment.
Meanwhile, the Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they had used a land mine.
“Mujahedeen have reported that a land mine of mujahedeen blew apart a tank of British invading forces in Greshk district. All the invaders on board were incinerated,” the Taliban said in a statement on their website.
The six British soldiers died on Tuesday when a massive explosion ripped through their armored vehicle during a patrol near the city of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan.
The incident was the greatest British loss of life in Afghanistan since September 2, 2006, when 14 crew members were killed after a Nimrod aircraft crashed as it was on a reconnaissance mission over Helmand Province.
According to official figures released by the website icasualties.org, a total of 404 British soldiers have lost their lives in war-battered Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.
Britain reportedly has around 9,500 military servicemen in Afghanistan, making it the second largest force in the country after the United States.
The British government has been under pressure to detail its withdrawal strategy but has refused to set out its plans until the United States makes a decision.
Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of some 130,000 US-led forces in the Asian country.
The United Nations announced on February 4 that 2011 was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians. The death toll rose eight percent compared to the year before and was roughly double the figure for 2007.
MP/JR
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