By inthenews.co.uk staff.
A British soldier was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan last night, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
The unnamed soldier, from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers operating with the Light Dragoons battlegroup, was killed on Wednesday night while on a vehicle move in Babaji district, central Helmand province.
The MoD said the soldier's next of kin had been informed. He is the 211th UK death since operations began.
'Everyone in Taskforce Helmand is deeply saddened by the death of this brave soldier who died working to make Afghanistan a better place,' said Lieutenant Colonel Nick Richardson, spokesman for Taskforce Helmand.
'Our thoughts are with his family and we offer them our deepest and heartfelt condolences at this tragic time.'
A British soldier was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan last night, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
The unnamed soldier, from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers operating with the Light Dragoons battlegroup, was killed on Wednesday night while on a vehicle move in Babaji district, central Helmand province.
The MoD said the soldier's next of kin had been informed. He is the 211th UK death since operations began.
'Everyone in Taskforce Helmand is deeply saddened by the death of this brave soldier who died working to make Afghanistan a better place,' said Lieutenant Colonel Nick Richardson, spokesman for Taskforce Helmand.
'Our thoughts are with his family and we offer them our deepest and heartfelt condolences at this tragic time.'
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