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| After serving in Afghanistan, L/Sgt Dan Collins was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. On New Year's Eve 2011, at age 29, he hanged himself. |
BBC News, 14 July 2013
More British soldiers and veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan over the same period.
BBC Panorama learned that 21 serving soldiers killed themselves last year, along with 29 veterans.
The Afghanistan death toll was 44, of whom 40 died in action.
Some of the soldiers' families say the men did not get enough support. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said every suicide was a "tragedy".
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