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Soldier dies in Afghan mine blast Soldier dies in Afghan mine blast
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A British soldier has been killed by a mine explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.A British soldier has been killed by a mine explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.
The soldier, of B Company 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, stepped on the mine while on patrol in Lashkar Gar at 1100 local time on Saturday.The soldier, of B Company 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, stepped on the mine while on patrol in Lashkar Gar at 1100 local time on Saturday.
Next of kin have been informed. Since 2001, 110 British personnel have died in Afghanistan.Next of kin have been informed. Since 2001, 110 British personnel have died in Afghanistan.
Of those, 13 have been killed since 8 June including the first woman to lose her life, Cpl Sarah Bryant, 26. A soldier who died in Afghanistan on Friday in a vehicle accident has been named as Warrant Officer Dan Shirley.
Anti-personnel mineAnti-personnel mine
An MoD spokesman said: "At 1100 hours local time the soldier was part of a vehicle checkpoint patrol operating in the Lashkar Gar area when they received a report of an rocket-propelled grenade attack on a civilian aircraft at Bost airfield in Lashkar Gar. An MoD spokesman said the soldier killed by a mine on Saturday had been part of a vehicle checkpoint patrol operating in the Lashkar Gar area.
They were on patrol when "they received a report of an rocket-propelled grenade attack on a civilian aircraft at Bost airfield in Lashkar Gar", the spokesman said.
"When investigating this they dismounted their vehicles and what is believed to have been a legacy anti-personnel mine detonated, killing the soldier instantly.""When investigating this they dismounted their vehicles and what is believed to have been a legacy anti-personnel mine detonated, killing the soldier instantly."
On Friday, one British soldier died and two others were injured in Afghanistan when their patrol vehicle overturned. Warrant Officer Shirley, from 13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, died when a patrol vehicle overturned.
The dead soldier, from 13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, has yet to be named. Of the British troops killed in Afghanistan, 13 have died since 8 June including the first woman to lose her life, Cpl Sarah Bryant, 26.