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LONDON — A British soldier wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan died Saturday, the Defense Ministry said, bringing the country’s military death toll there to 200.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the grim milestone “deeply tragic news.” It is sure to raise more questions about Britain’s increasingly perilous mission in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense said the soldier from 2nd Battalion the Royal Welsh died Saturday at a military hospital in England. He had been wounded in a blast while on vehicle patrol Thursday in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
