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Two UK troops die in bomb attack Two soldiers die in bomb attack
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Two British soldiers have been killed by a suspected suicide bomber in Afghanistan's Helmand province, the Ministry of Defence has said. Two British soldiers have been killed by a suspected suicide bomber while on patrol with the Afghan army.
The soldiers, from the 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, died while on patrol with the Afghan National Army. The troops, from the 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, were caught in the blast near Sangin in Helmand on Tuesday afternoon. Their families have been told.
The blast happened near Sangin on Tuesday afternoon. The soldiers' families have been told. They were on foot at the time of the explosion in which two Afghan army soldiers were also killed.
They were on foot at the time of the explosion and two Afghan soldiers also died in the attack. Some 239 British service personnel have died in Afghanistan since 2001, including 102 so far this year.
'Deep sadness'
The soldiers were on a joint patrol with the Afghan National Army and the International Security Assistance Force.
The bomber is not believed to be a member of the Afghan army.
British forces spokesman in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, said: "It is with deep sadness I must inform you that two British soldiers were killed this afternoon near Sangin in northern Helmand province.
"They were both from 3rd Battalion, The Rifles. They will be sorely missed by us, their comrades, but their sacrifice will not be forgotten."