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British Soldier Shot in Kabul
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Trinity Mirror Digital Media

Several peacekeepers have been shot at in the area, known as District 6, in recent weeks, according to ISAF spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Neal Peckham. But he said: "We are satisfied that this regrettable incident did not involve any party outside of ISAF."

A British peacekeeper was seriously ill tonight after being accidentally shot in the head while serving in Afghanistan.

The soldier, from the Royal Anglian Regiment, was on patrol in the capital, Kabul, when the accident happened this morning.

He was not hit by "hostile fire," but it was not known whether any colleagues were involved in the incident, which is being investigated by UK military police.

The infantryman, the first British casualty of the Afghan conflict, was treated at a French military hospital before being flown out of the country.
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Dan