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THIS VIDEO CLIP IS NOT FOR THIS NEWS ROUND A British soldier has died after a suicide bomber detonated himself in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.The soldier was from 3rd Battalion The Rifles, serving with 3 Rifles Battle Group./nHe died as a result of the blast in an area 1km to the east of Sangin this afternoon./nHis death was not connected to Operation Moshtarak, the recent drive against Taliban strongholds./nLieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, paid tribute to the soldier's "indefatigable courage"./nHe said: "He was part of a patrol which had just completed providing protection for soldiers from the counter-IED (improvised explosive device) Task Force to deal with an unexploded insurgent bomb, an operation to protect and save lives./n"The bomb had been successfully dealt with and the 3 Rifles soldiers had continued on their foot patrol when a suicide bomber in a car detonated himself near them./n"We have lost another of our fellow soldiers, one of our comrades, whose indefatigable courage in the face of danger day after day will not be forgotten."/nThe soldier's family have been informed./nThe death comes just days after the Prince of Wales made a surprise two-day visit to British troops on the front line in Afghanistan./nPrince Charles, a Commander in Chief of 10 regiments, spent the night with soldiers at Camp Bastion in Helmand.

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