KABUL, Jan 25: A British soldier was killed by an explosion Monday morning while on foot patrol in Afghanistan. The soldier, from 3rd Battalion The Rifles, died from wounds received in the blast south of Sangin district centre, in Helmand Province.
Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said: "He was on a foot patrol as part of the operations that have been bringing security to the local population in that area. We have lost one of our comrades and we will remember him."
He became the 251st member of the British armed forces to be killed during the Afghanistan conflict - just four short of the number who died during the Falklands War in 1982. INP
Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said: "He was on a foot patrol as part of the operations that have been bringing security to the local population in that area. We have lost one of our comrades and we will remember him."
He became the 251st member of the British armed forces to be killed during the Afghanistan conflict - just four short of the number who died during the Falklands War in 1982. INP
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