Attacks Kill British Soldier, 10 Militants

Insurgent attacks in southern and western Afghanistan killed a British soldier and four Afghans, and police killed 10 suspected Taliban militants, officials said.

The British soldier died when mortar rounds hit a NATO base in Kandahar province, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said in a statement.

Afghan officials said gunmen killed four people, including two policemen, in western Afghanistan, and government forces killed 10 militants in a clash in Helmand's Musa Qala district.