LONDON, England (CNN) -- One Danish and one British soldier have died in fighting over the last 24 hours in southern Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province.
The British Ministry of Defence confirmed one of its soldiers was killed in fighting Thursday night.
The soldier -- from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps and attached to 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment -- came under enemy fire while on a routine patrol near a forward operating base in the Sangin area of Helmand province...