A British soldier died from injuries in a mine blast in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, dpa reported
"An International Security Assistance Force service member died as a result of a non-battle related injury in southern Afghanistan yesterday," NATO said in a statement without giving further details.
Meanwhile, the British Defence Ministry in a statement said a soldier deployed on an operation to clear improvised explosive devices (IEDs) had died on Tuesday, a day after he was injured when one of the devices exploded.
The blast occurred in the Nahr-e Saraj district of the volatile southern province of Helmand, the statement said.
"The soldier was neutralising a complex set of improvised explosive devices on Monday, which had been sown in an alleyway between two compounds when one of the devices detonated," Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick, spokesman for Task Force in Helmand, said.
He died while receiving treatment in Britain after being evacuated, the statement said.
Roadside bombs, killer number one for Afghan and NATO forces, are a weapon of choice for the Taliban militants who have been waging a bloody war against 140,000 international troops in Afghanistan