The British Ministry of Defense confirmed on Monday that a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.
The soldier from the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment was taking part in a foot patrol near Kajaki in Helmand Province on Sunday night when he was killed by an explosion, the ministry said in a statement.
Another soldier was injured in the incident, but his injuries were not life-threatening, according to the statement.
Britain currently has over 6,000 soldiers deployed in Afghanistan, and the number will increase to around 7,700 this year. A total of 88 British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
British forces are deployed in Afghanistan in support of the UN-mandated, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and also as part of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom.
Source: Xinhua
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