Jul 5th, 2009 - Telegraph
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A soldier from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards was killed in an explosion while on an operation near Gereshk, central Helmand last night. His family have been informed.
He was killed while on foot and taking part in a "deliberate operation" near Gereshk in central Helmand, southern Afghanistan, as part of Operation Panthers Claw, which was launched to drive the Taliban out of strongholds in and around Babaji, north of Lashkar Gah, Helmand.
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