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London (AFP) Nov 14, 2010 A British soldier was killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday, raising the country's military death toll there since 2001 to 344. The soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment died from wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device in the southern Nad-e Ali area of Helmand Province The soldier's next of kin have been informed. The death comes after Britain honoured its fallen troops in Remembrance Sunday services across the country and Prince William paid a visit to the war-torn country to pay his respects. Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lieutenant Colonel David Eastman, said: "On this day of all days, his loss feels especially poignant and, as with all of our brave, fallen comrades, will be forever marked in our thoughts; he will be sorely missed." Britain has almost 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, the second largest contingent after the United States, with most of them deployed in insurgency-ravaged Helmand.
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