A Royal Marine and a soldier have been killed while on patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.
The personnel were a Marine from 40 Commando and a female soldier with 3 Medical Regiment, the BBC understands. Their families have been told.
Two other British female personnel have died in Afghanistan since 2001.
The BBC's Caroline Wyatt says an Afghan source reports the Britons were killed in the Nahr-e Saraj area by an Afghan ally but other locals dispute this.
If the source was correct the deaths would be among a number of so-called green on blue attacks on coalition troops this year.
Our defence correspondent, in Kabul, said there were very sketchy details of what happened and an investigation was ongoing.
More information was expected from the Ministry of Defence on Thursday, she added.
Maj Martin Creighton, spokesman in Kabul for Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), outlined what was known about Wednesday's incident.
He told the BBC: "Initial reports, and current operational reports, indicate that this was an insurgent attack in which the British soldier and Royal Marine were killed, but we are aware that there are other interpretations of what happened and Isaf officials are currently working to determine what exactly did happen."
Maj Laurence Roche, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said: "I am extremely sorry to announce the deaths of a Royal Marine from 40 Commando and a soldier from 3 Medical Regiment serving with Task Force Helmand.
"This is dreadful news for all of us serving in Afghanistan. Our sincere condolences go to their families, friends and colleagues at this time of grief."
It is understood the soldier serving with 3 Medical regiment is from County Down, Northern Ireland.
DUP assembly member Michelle McIlveen tweeted she was "saddened to hear of the death of the brave young female soldier".
A total of 435 British military personnel have been killed in Afghanistan since operations started in 2001.
The first British women to die in action was Cpl Sarah Bryant, 26, from Cumbria, in June 2008. She was one of four soldiers to be killed when her Snatch Land Rover was caught in an explosion in the Lashkar Gah area.
In April last year, Capt Lisa Jade Head, from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps died in a UK hospital from injuries suffered in an explosion while clearing roadside bombs in the Nahr-e Saraj area. The 29-year-old was from Huddersfield.
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