**The Ministry of Defence says five more British soldiers have died in Afghanistan, taking the total number of deaths announced on Friday to eight.**The five, from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles, were killed near Sangin, Helmand province, on Friday morning.
Their deaths takes the number killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 184 - more than those killed in the Iraq war.
British forces are currently engaged in a major offensive in Helmand along with US and Afghan troops.