11 die in Afghan attacks

A SERIES of bomb blasts and militant attacks killed 11 people across Afghanistan, including a British soldier, four other Nato service members and three Afghan police.

Politicians from the North paid tribute to Aaron McCormick from the Royal Irish Regiment killed in Afghanistan on Remembrance Sunday.

The 20-year-old soldier, from Macosquin in Co Derry, died after being caught in an explosion while he patrolled in Nad-e Ali, Helmand province.