Defence Secretary Philip Hammond insisted the military campaign in Afghanistan would not be derailed as he paid tribute to the latest British soldiers to lose their lives.
Mr Hammond said two of the deaths were "all the more raw" because the killer had been dressed as an Afghan policeman and feigning injury.
The comments came as he updated MPs following a bloody spell for Nato forces in the troubled country.
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