LONDON, September 11, SPA -- Officials in London say that a Britishsoldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense said on Thursday that the soldierwas on a routine patrol hear Musa Qala in Helmand Provincewhen he was fatally wounded on Wednesday. The ministry did not immediately release the name of thesoldier, who served in the Royal Logistic Corps. It saysthe cause of the explosion is being investigated. It was the 118th death of a British soldier or civiliandefense worker in Afghanistan since 2001, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/589243