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UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

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A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.

He was killed on New Year's Day in the Garmsir district of Helmand province. Next of kin have been informed.

He is the 138th British serviceman to die in Afghanistan since the start of operations in October 2001.

It comes just a day after Royal Marine Corporal Liam Elms died during a routine patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand on New Year's Eve.



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