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| A British serviceman has been killed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. | A British serviceman has been killed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. |
| The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, died at 0645 local time, the MoD said. | The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, died at 0645 local time, the MoD said. |
| It added that he was shot while on patrol with his company in the Upper Gereshk Valley area of Helmand Province clearing a Taleban compound. | It added that he was shot while on patrol with his company in the Upper Gereshk Valley area of Helmand Province clearing a Taleban compound. |
| He was flown for medical treatment but pronounced dead, and his family have been informed, the MoD said. | He was flown for medical treatment but pronounced dead, and his family have been informed, the MoD said. |
| He was the 59th member of the British armed forces to die in Afghanistan since the conflict began in November 2001. | |
| A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "The company was moving forward to clear a Taleban compound when they came under fire and the soldier was shot." | |
| Another non-British Nato soldier, whose nationality has not been released, was also killed on the same day elsewhere in southern Afghanistan. |