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UK soldier killed in mine blast UK soldier killed in mine blast
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A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while checking for mines in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while checking for mines in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.
The soldier, from 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was killed as he got out of his vehicle in the Upper Sangin Valley, Helmand, on Tuesday.The soldier, from 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was killed as he got out of his vehicle in the Upper Sangin Valley, Helmand, on Tuesday.
The MoD said next of kin had been informed. No one else was injured.The MoD said next of kin had been informed. No one else was injured.
The number of British troops to have died during operations in the country since 2001 is now 108.The number of British troops to have died during operations in the country since 2001 is now 108.
An MoD spokesman confirmed the death "with great sadness".
He said: "At approx 1500 the soldier...was dismounted from his vehicle checking for mines... when he was killed by a suspected IED [Improvised Explosive Device] explosion.
He was the second soldier to have died on Tuesday. Another soldier from 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment - who has not yet been named - died during a firefight in Helmand province.
Eleven British service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan since 8 June, seven of them from the Parachute Regiment.
Privates Nathan Cuthbertson, David Murray and Daniel Gamble died in a suicide bombing while on foot patrol on 8 June.
Fellow Paras L/Cpl James Bateman and Pte Jeff Doherty died under fire from the Taleban four days later.
Four soldiers were killed on 17 June when their vehicle hit a mine.
They were SAS reservists Cpl Sean Robert Reeve, L/Cpl Richard Larkin and Paul Stout, as well as the first British woman soldier to be killed in Afghanistan, Cpl Sarah Bryant, of 15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operations Group.