A soldier from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards has been killed in an explosion in gray Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.
The blast happened in an operation near Gereshk in Helmand domain on Sunday. Next of relation hit been informed.
British forces hit been participating in a field opprobrious codenamed Operation Panther's Claw against Taleban strongholds in Afghanistan.
A amount of 174 UK assist organisation hit died in Afghanistan since 2001.
Lt Col Nick Richardson, spokesman for the nation military's Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan, said: "It is with extremity unhappiness that I staleness inform the modification of a brave soldier.
"He laid downbound his chronicle for his country and for the beatific grouping of Afghanistan. We afflict for his loss and join with his kinsfolk and friends to mourn his passing. He module ever be remembered."
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