The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the roadside bomb that killed six British soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan

<p><div class="storyHead" style="color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; color: #404040; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the roadside bomb that killed six British soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan, saying they were "very proud of it".</h2><div class="artIntro" style="border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #666666; padding-top: 3px;"><div id="storyEmbSlide" style="padding: 0px;"><div class="slideshow ssIntro" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px;"><div class="nextPrevLayer" style="height: 439px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="ssImg" style="padding: 0px;"><img alt="The Ministry of Defence has named six soldiers killed in the biggest single loss of life in Afghanistan, including three from the same town. " height="387" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02162/afghanistan-soldie_2162102b.jpg" style="border-image: initial; display: block; border: 0px initial initial;" width="620" /><div class="artImageExtras" style="font-family: arial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="tools imgindex" style="color: #404040; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.38em; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Image <span class="index">1</span> of <span class="total">4</span></div><div class="ingCaptionCredit" style="padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><span class="caption" style="color: #404040; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.38em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">From top left: Sergeant Nigel Coupe, Corporal Jake Hartley and Private Anthony Frampton. From bottom left: Private Christopher Kershaw, Private Daniel Wade and Private Daniel Wilford</span> <span class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.38em;">Photo: MOD</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oneHalf gutter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left; width: 460px; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="story" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #666666; padding-top: 3px;"><div class="bylineComments" style="padding-bottom: 5px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; margin-bottom: 0px;"></div><div id="mainBodyArea"><div class="firstPar"><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; margin: 0px;">Sources had already indicated the device that killed the six men – five of whom were under the age of 22 – was not a legacy bomb but one planted "recently".</p></div><div class="secondPar"><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; margin: 0px;">They were named today as Sgt Nigel Coupe, 33, Pte Christopher Kershaw, 19, and Pte Daniel Wade, 20, Cpl Jake Hartley, 20, Pte Anthony Frampton, 20, and Pte Daniel Wilford, 21.</p></div><div class="thirdPar"><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; margin: 0px;">In a statement on their website, the Taliban said: "Mujahedeen (holy warriors) of the Islamic emirate have reported that a landmine of mujahedeen blew apart a tank of British invading forces in Greshk district.</p></div><div class="fourthPar"><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; margin: 0px;">"All the invaders on board were incinerated."</p></div><div class="fifthPar"><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; margin: 0px;">One told the BBC the insurgents were "very proud" of the attack.</p></div></div></div></div></p>

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the roadside bomb that killed six British soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the roadside bomb that killed six British soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan, saying they were ...

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