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A soldier from the Parachute Regiment has died in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. A soldier from the Parachute Regiment killed in southern Afghanistan was special forces, the BBC has learned.
The soldier was killed on Tuesday by a suspected improvised explosive device. Next of kin have been informed. The man died on Tuesday when a bomb exploded as he passed through a village in the Sangin region of Helmand province, the BBC's Peter Greste said.
The explosion happened during a foot patrol near Sangin in Helmand Province, and this latest death is the third British fatality this week. The death is the fourth in as many days and next of kin have been informed.
The number of British military personnel killed on operations in Afghanistan since 2001 is 243. The number of British military personnel killed on operations in Afghanistan since 2001 is 243 and the death toll this year alone is 106.
This death comes after a soldier from 3rd Battalion The Rifles also died on Tuesday, following a fire fight near Sangin. 'Taliban re-grouped'
Investigation Our correspondent in Afghanistan said the relatively high casualty toll was partly because British forces were aggressively pushing troops out into smaller patrol bases in an attempt to drive the Taliban out.
And L/Cpl Michael Pritchard, 22, a Kent-born Royal Military Policeman who lived in Eastbourne, Sussex, died as a result of "small arms fire" - also near Sangin - on Sunday. He said the Taliban had, until recently, been forced back but had since re-grouped, resulting in daily gun battles and casualties.
The MoD said the Royal Military Police were investigating friendly fire as a possible cause of both of these earlier deaths. Another British soldier also died on Tuesday. Lance Corporal Christopher Roney, 23, , from Sunderland, who served in 3rd Battalion The Rifles, was killed in a fire fight near Sangin.
Funeral for war's 100th casualtyFuneral for war's 100th casualty
And on Sunday, Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard, 22, a Kent-born Royal Military Policeman who lived in Eastbourne, East Sussex, died as a result of "small arms fire" - also near Sangin.
The Ministry of Defence said the Royal Military Police were investigating friendly fire as a possible cause of both of these earlier deaths.
No further information would be released until the conclusion of the inquests, it said.No further information would be released until the conclusion of the inquests, it said.
Meanwhile, the funeral of the 100th soldier killed during 2009 while on duty in Afghanistan is taking place in his home town of Bury St Edmunds. The BBC's Peter Greste said the 3rd Battalion The Rifles had had a "particularly rough time", losing eight men since deploying three months ago.
Meanwhile, the funeral of the 100th soldier killed during 2009 while on duty in Afghanistan has taken place in his home town of Bury St Edmunds.
L/Cpl Adam Drane, 23, of the Royal Anglian Regiment, was shot in Helmand Province on 7 December.L/Cpl Adam Drane, 23, of the Royal Anglian Regiment, was shot in Helmand Province on 7 December.
After the funeral service, there will be a private committal at St Nicholas's Church in Stanningfield. A private committal was held at St Nicholas's Church in Stanningfield after the funeral service.