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| UK soldier killed in Afghanistan | UK soldier killed in Afghanistan |
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| A soldier from 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards has been killed during a major offensive in southern Afghanistan. | A soldier from 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards has been killed during a major offensive in southern Afghanistan. |
| He is the second British soldier to be killed while taking part in Operation Moshtarak against the Taliban. | He is the second British soldier to be killed while taking part in Operation Moshtarak against the Taliban. |
| The soldier died following an explosion in the Babaji area of Nahr-e-Saraj, in central Helmand, on Thursday morning. Next of kin have been informed. | The soldier died following an explosion in the Babaji area of Nahr-e-Saraj, in central Helmand, on Thursday morning. Next of kin have been informed. |
| His death brings the number of British military personnel killed on operations in Afghanistan since 2001 to 262. | |
| Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lt Col David Wakefield, said the soldier, who was serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South), had been involved in an operation to clear insurgents from the Babaji area. | Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lt Col David Wakefield, said the soldier, who was serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South), had been involved in an operation to clear insurgents from the Babaji area. |
| This was so a checkpoint could be built and a road laid through the area. | This was so a checkpoint could be built and a road laid through the area. |
| "He died in the course of his duty and among his comrades. His courage and sacrifice will be remembered," Lt Col Wakefield said. | "He died in the course of his duty and among his comrades. His courage and sacrifice will be remembered," Lt Col Wakefield said. |
| Operation Moshtarak is the biggest military offensive in Afghanistan since the Taliban were overthrown in 2001. | |
| Thousands of US, British and Afghan soldiers have embarked on a push to clear Taliban forces from Marjah and Nad Ali, in the southern province of Helmand. | |
| News of the death came on the day the bodies of five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan were flown to RAF Lyneham, in Wiltshire. | |
| Lance Sergeant David Greenhalgh, Lance Corporal Darren Hicks, Kingsman Sean Dawson, Rifleman Mark Marshall and Sapper Guy Mellors were killed in separate incidents in Helmand province earlier this month. |