A British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan after insurgents attacked a patrol, Nato's International Security Assistance Force has said.
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UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan ... soldier died when an explosion hit a British-Afghan patrol on Monday.
The next of kin of the soldier have been informed. The total of British troops killed in Afghanistan since September 2001 now stands at 116.
About 70,000 international soldiers are operating in Afghanistan, most of them deployed under the UN-mandated Isaf.
Isaf spokesman Brig-Gen Richard Blanchette said: "It is with great sorrow that we must announce this brave soldier's death as we offer our sympathies to this soldier's loved ones.
"We have the utmost respect and admiration for the Isaf troops who operate in this challenging environment."
The death comes exactly a week after Signaller Wayne Bland, 21, from Leeds, of 16 Signal Regiment, was killed when a suicide bomber drove a car into a Nato convoy on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul.
(BBC)
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