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25/06/2008
Two Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
Two British soldiers have become the latest victims to be added to the increasing death toll in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the death of a soldier from 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment in the troubled country yesterday.
It has also emerged that the serviceman was in fact the second casualty in one day.
The MoD said in a statement: "At approx 1500 hours the soldier, who was attached to 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was dismounted from his vehicle checking for mines in the Upper Sangin Valley when he was killed by a suspected IED (Improvised Explosive Device)."
It is understood no one else was injured in the incident. The soldier's next of kin have been notified while the victim's name is due to be released within the next 24 hours.
On Tuesday, another soldier - this time from the 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment and who has also not yet been identified - died during a firefight in Helmand province.
A total of 11 British service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan since 8 June, seven of whom were from the Parachute Regiment - out of a total of 108 in the country since 2001.
On 12 June, fellow Paras L/Cpl James Bateman and Pte Jeff Doherty died under fire from the Taliban.
A further four soldiers were killed on 17 June when their vehicle hit a mine.
They were SAS reservists Cpl Sean Robert Reeve, L/Cpl Richard Larkin and Paul Stout, as well as the first British woman to be killed in Afghanistan, Cpl Sarah Bryant of 15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operations Group.
Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup has said that while the military would need to be in the country "for some years", the civil reconstruction "would take much longer".
He said that the country is "essentially medieval" that has "very little in the way of infrastructure" and "very little in the way of human resource" that has "an endemic culture of corruption".
See: Female Soldier Killed In Blast Died 'A Hero'
More British Troops To Be Deployed To Afghanistan
Tributes Paid To British Military Deaths In Afghanistan
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the death of a soldier from 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment in the troubled country yesterday.
It has also emerged that the serviceman was in fact the second casualty in one day.
The MoD said in a statement: "At approx 1500 hours the soldier, who was attached to 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was dismounted from his vehicle checking for mines in the Upper Sangin Valley when he was killed by a suspected IED (Improvised Explosive Device)."
It is understood no one else was injured in the incident. The soldier's next of kin have been notified while the victim's name is due to be released within the next 24 hours.
On Tuesday, another soldier - this time from the 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment and who has also not yet been identified - died during a firefight in Helmand province.
A total of 11 British service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan since 8 June, seven of whom were from the Parachute Regiment - out of a total of 108 in the country since 2001.
On 12 June, fellow Paras L/Cpl James Bateman and Pte Jeff Doherty died under fire from the Taliban.
A further four soldiers were killed on 17 June when their vehicle hit a mine.
They were SAS reservists Cpl Sean Robert Reeve, L/Cpl Richard Larkin and Paul Stout, as well as the first British woman to be killed in Afghanistan, Cpl Sarah Bryant of 15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operations Group.
Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup has said that while the military would need to be in the country "for some years", the civil reconstruction "would take much longer".
He said that the country is "essentially medieval" that has "very little in the way of infrastructure" and "very little in the way of human resource" that has "an endemic culture of corruption".
See: Female Soldier Killed In Blast Died 'A Hero'
More British Troops To Be Deployed To Afghanistan
Tributes Paid To British Military Deaths In Afghanistan
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