LONDON, Aug 12, SPA -- A British soldier was killed in an attack on a base in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defensesaid Sunday. Five other soldiers were lightly injured inthe attack. The soldier, from the 1st Battalion The Royal AnglianRegiment, was fatally injured when a British patrol base inthe Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan came undersmall arms fire Saturday afternoon, the ministry said in astatement. The soldier was ferried to a military hospitalby helicopter but died, the Associated Press reported. The ministry did not identify the soldier but said next ofkin had been informed. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/474464