UK says none of its troops killed in Afghan blast

LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) Britain denied today that any of its troops were killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan.

''We can confirm that a small number of UK soldiers have been injured in an explosion in Laskar Gah... We have no reports of British fatalities,'' a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said in London. She did not give information about Afghan casualties.

Earlier, an Afghan army officer said two NATO troops and several Afghans had been killed in the blast, a suicide attack on NATO troops in Laskhar Gah, capital of the British-patrolled Helmand province.

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