THE heartbroken girlfriend of an Army dog handler killed by the Taliban said last night she had lost her "soul-mate and best friend".
Leah Walters spoke of her devastation over the death of L/Cpl Liam Richard Tasker, 26, after he was shot dead in an insurgent ambush in Helmand on Tuesday.
She said: "LT never met anyone without touching their lives. I am the proudest girlfriend there could be."
His death brings the British toll in Afghanistan since 2001 to 358.
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He leaves his mother Jane Duffy, father Ian Tasker, brother Ian and two sisters, Laura and Nicola.
The family, of Kirkcaldy, Fife, said: "He lit up rooms with his cheeky smile. He died a hero."
Colleague Lieut Col David Thorpe added: "He was that man you wanted around."
His dog Theo, a bomb sniffer, suffered a seizure and died returning to base.
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