A helicopter carrying British troops has been forced to make an emergency landing after coming under fire in Afghanistan.
The forced landing took place near an Afghan National Security Force checkpoint in Nahr-e Saraj district, in southern Helmand Province, yesterday.
The helicopter landed safely and without incident and the aircrew were recovered unharmed, the International Security Assistance Force said.
The helicopter was taken to a nearby coalition base and found to have received small arms fire.
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman confirmed a British helicopter was involved but said it had no further details.
The news comes two days after the death of a member of the Special Forces in an explosion.
The Royal Marine was fatally wounded when the vehicle in which he was travelling was caught in a blast, according to the MoD. His family has been told.
The incident on Thursday happened south of the capital, Kabul. Most UK forces are based in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.
It is understood the Marine was serving with the Special Forces but the MoD does not comment specifically on Special Forces deaths.
A total of 392 British troops have died since the start of operations in Afghanistan in 2001.
Earlier this week Prime Minister David Cameron indicated he was planning further withdrawals of troops from the country in 2013 after the 500 due to be pulled out next year.
But he again refused to give an exact timescale for how Britain's deployment would be withdrawn ahead of his deadline for all combat troops to be out by the end of 2014.