NATO soldier killed in E. Afghanistan
18/9/2008 17:57
An service member with the NATO-led International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) was killed yesterday during a small-arms fire attack by insurgents
in eastern Afghanistan, said an ISAF statement released in Kabul
today.
However, it did not disclose the name and nationality of the ill-fated
soldier in light of ISAF policy and adding the incident is under
investigation.
The incident came on the same day when a bomb attack killed
four soldiers of the US-led Coalition forces and one Afghan in eastern
Afghanistan.
A total of 71,000 international troops, half of them US service
members, are stationed under the leadership of NATO-led ISAF and the US-led
Coalition forces in Afghanistan to stabilize security in the post-Taliban
central Asian state.
Taliban-related violence and conflicts have left over
3,800 people so far this year in Afghanistan.
Xinhua
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