Wednesday 9 March 2011 21.58 GMT
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A British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the Ministry of Defence said.
The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, was on an operation to disrupt insurgent activity in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province when he was caught in the blast. Next of kin have been informed.
Lieutenant Colonel David Eastman, a spokesman for British troops in Helmand, said: "The soldier gave his life pursuing peace and stability for a people that had been dominated by insurgent subjugation, threats and intimidation.
"We vow to carry on his vital work in the face of such cowardly and indiscriminate attacks."
The death brings the total number of UK military personnel to have died since operations in Afghanistan began in 2001 to 359.
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