KABUL - Britain's military strategy in Afghanistan will not change despite the deaths of six troops killed this week in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, UK commander General Sir David Richards said, according to the Gorey Guardian.
His comment comes after six British soldiers were killed late Tuesday when hit their vehicle was caught in an explosion while on patrol in Helmand province.
It was the single, deadliest enemy attack on UK troops since the war began in 2001.

The deaths bring the number of British troops who have died since the start of the war to 404, according to icasualties.org, a website that keeps a tally of foreign soldiers' deaths in the country.
General Richards vowed the country would "hold its nerve" and continue combat operations in the region until the end of 2014.

Meanwhile, The Guardian reported UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to hold talks with US President Barack Obama next week to ensure that American and British are in "lock step" over their forces' roles in Afghanistan.

Cameron also stressed the need to ensure troops had all the equipment "between now and then" to keep them "as safe as possible", as well as doing more for families at home who have lost loved ones in combat.
The prime minister said troops would not be in a combat role "anything like the numbers we're in now, at the end of 2014".

The six soldiers deaths marked a "desperately sad day for our country", he said.

Britain has around 9,500 troops in Afghanistan, most of them based in southern Helmand province. (Tolo News