Foreign Secretary David Miliband has defended the UK's continued military presence in Afghanistan, after eight troops were killed in 24 hours.
Some 184 troops have died there since 2001, more than the 179 killed in Iraq.
One soldier who died on Thursday has been named as Rifleman Daniel Hume, 22, from 4th Battalion The Rifles.
Rifleman Hume died in an explosion in southern Afghanistan.
Caroline Wyatt reports.
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