A British soldier was killed in the southern Afghan province of Helmand when his vehicle was hit by a suspected minestrike, the Ministry of Defence said late on Monday.
The Taliban regularly use roadside bombs in their fight to topple the Afghan government and drive the international forces that back it out of the country.
The incident happened on Monday while the vehicle was providing security to a resupply convoy travelling from the district of Gereshk to Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, the ministry said.
The death brings the number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since the overthrow of the Taliban in late 2001 to 94. There are some 7,800 British troops in Afghanistan mainly stationed in the south.
Three soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were also wounded in two separate explosions in the south of the country, the ISAF said.
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