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A soldier killed in Afghanistan on Monday has been named by the Ministry of Defence as 22-year-old Trooper Robert Pearson.A soldier killed in Afghanistan on Monday has been named by the Ministry of Defence as 22-year-old Trooper Robert Pearson.
He died after a suspected mine strike on his vehicle in the south of the country.He died after a suspected mine strike on his vehicle in the south of the country.
Trooper Pearson was from the Queen's Royal Lancers Regiment. Another soldier who was hurt in the blast is still receiving medical treatment for his injuries.
His death takes the number of UK troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 94. A second soldier hurt in the blast is being treated in a field hospital. Trooper Pearson, from Grimsby, had been with the Queen's Royal Lancers Regiment for just over a year.
Commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Richard Nixon-Eckersall said Trooper Pearson had "already made a name for himself in his squadron where he was a popular and well-respected individual".
"Trooper Pearson took a keen and professional interest in his job as a formation reconnaissance soldier; his outgoing and confident manner giving a strong indication to his chain of command that he was a talent to watch."
The MoD said the dead soldier's next of kin had been informed.