PRIME Minister David Cameron says Britain is paying a "very high price" in Afghanistan after three soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb.
Six British soldiers have now been killed this year in Afghanistan, where British casualties have slowed over the past year.
Britain has not lost so many soldiers in one incident since six were killed by a similar blast in March last year.
They received immediate medical attention at the scene of the blast in Helmand province on Tuesday and were evacuated by air to Britain's main Camp Bastion base but could not be saved, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
The deaths take the total number of British troops killed by enemy action in Afghanistan over the 400 mark, to 401.
"We have paid a very high price for the work we're doing in Afghanistan," Cameron told ITV television.
"It is important work because it's vital that country doesn't again become a haven for terrorists - terrorists that can threaten us here in the UK.
"But today our thoughts should be with the families and friends of those that have suffered."
The three soldiers from the Royal Highland Fusiliers infantry battalion died when their vehicle was hit on a routine patrol in the district of Nahr-e Saraj.
"Their deaths come as a great loss to all those serving in Task Force Helmand," spokesman Major Richard Morgan said in a statement.
Their families have been told. Their names will be released in due course.
It is the first time since September 2012 that British troops have been killed by a roadside bomb, which have accounted for many of the British deaths in Afghanistan.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Taliban militants frequently use roadside bombs against foreign troops and their Afghan allies.
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