A third British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, hours after the deaths of two soldiers in Helmand, the Ministry of Defence has said.
The death takes the number killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 179 - the same number as killed in the Iraq war.
BBC correspondent Ian Pannell is embedded with British troops in Helmand province.
Speaking via videophone he describes the impact of the further deaths on morale.
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