A 24-year-old soldier who was based in the county has been killed by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan.

Private Craig O'Donnell had been looking forward to setting up home in Canterbury with his girlfriend Jessica, who is expecting their first baby this Christmas.

But on Monday the 24-year-old soldier was killed in an attack on a Nato military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Pte O'Donnell was serving with B Company of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

He joined the Argylls in 2004 and for the last 18 months had been stationed at Howe Barracks in the city.

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