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Soldier killed in Afghanistan Killed Afghanistan soldier named
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A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan - the second to die in two days, says the Ministry of Defence. A British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence.
The soldier from 19 Regiment Royal Artillery was killed at 0930 local time (0500 GMT), leaving a base at Gereshk, Helmand province. Sgt Dave Wilkinson, 33, of the 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, died when his vehicle was blown up after an exchange of fire on Sunday.
Four other soldiers were injured in the attack involving rockets and small-arm fire on Sunday. Sgt Wilkinson, from Ashford, Kent, was serving with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards at the time.
The Ministry of Defence also named the soldier killed on Saturday in clashes with the Taleban as Captain Sean Dolan. Four other soldiers were injured after a patrol left base in the town of Gareshk in Helmand province.
The soldier, so far unnamed, who died on Sunday, had been in a patrol that came under attack after leaving a command centre where a liaison team was training the Afghan National Army. The patrol was engaged by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades.
A "vehicle suffered an explosion", says the Ministry of Defence. The injured were flown to a medical facility at the Camp Bastion military base, where one soldier was pronounced dead on arrival. Taleban clashes
The soldier's next of kin have been informed. Sgt Wilkinson, who was married, was the second British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan in two days.
Clash with Taleban The other was named by the MoD as Capt Sean Dolan, of the 1st battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, who was killed on Saturday in Helmand province.
The latest death brings the number of British military fatalities in Afghanistan to 63, since operations began in 2001. Capt Dolan died after clashes between coalition forces and the Taleban near the village of Qaleh-e-Gaz.
This latest casualty follows the death on Saturday in Helmand province of a soldier from the 1st battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Forresters - named as Captain Sean Dolan. The latest death brings the number of British military fatalities in Afghanistan to 63 since operations began in 2001.
Captain Dolan was killed during clashes between coalition forces and the Taleban near the village of Qaleh-e-Gaz.
He had been taken to the military hospital in Camp Bastion, in Helmand province, but died from his wounds.