Soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
Another British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, taking the number of UK deaths in the country to seven in a week.
The serviceman, from the Light Dragoons, died in an explosion near Gereshk in Helmand Province on Tuesday night.
He was taking part in Operation Panchai Palang, or Panther's Claw, a major assault against the Taliban in the central Helmand river valley ahead of next month's Afghan presidential election.
The soldier's next of kin have been informed.
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