 The British troops were in armoured [LTV] vehicles when a taxi swerved into their convoy and a bomber detonated 200Ibs of explosives.On 29 October 2005, Lance Corporal Steven Sherwood, aged 23, from 1st Battalion, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment was killed and five wounded by a lone gunman outside the main Mosque in the former Northern Alliance stronghold of Mazar e-Sharif.As a result of its Northerly situation it is unlikely that the Taliban were involved.