Helmand death toll rises by 3
THREE more British soliders have died in Afghanistan.
One was killed yesterday in an explosion near the town of Nad-e Ali in Helmand Province.
Another man from the same unit, 21 Engineer Regiment, died in a traffic accident yesterday while carrying out a reconnaissance to replace a bridge over a canal.
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On Sunday, Corporal Harvey Holmes, of 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, died in an explosion in Sangin, Helmand province.
Cpl Holmes, 22, from Hyde in Greater Manchester, had also served in Northern Ireland, Iraq and the Falklands, where his late father saw action in the Parachute Regiment.