BBC NEWS
Two British servicemen have been killed in separate explosions in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province.
A Royal Dragoon Guards soldier died in a blast in Nahr-e Saraj district on Saturday.
On Friday, a marine from 40 Commando Royal Marines had been killed while on foot patrol in Sangin district.
Both men's next of kin have been told. Six UK servicemen have been killed in Afghanistan this week, taking the death toll in the campaign since 2001 to 320.
Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lt Col James Carr-Smith said the marine had "died seeking to protect and reassure the local population in and around Sangin".
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