Roadside bomb kills NATO soldier in southern Afghanistan

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Roadside bomb kills NATO soldier in southern Afghanistan

2011-08-11 11:23:55 GMT+7 (ICT)

KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A roadside bomb killed a coalition service member in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Thursday.

ISAF said one of its service members was killed as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan. As usual, the multinational force gave no other details about the incident, including the exact location.

The nationality of the service member was also not immediately disclosed. "It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities," a brief statement said.

Coalition casualties in Afghanistan have been rising sharply in recent years, with a total coalition death toll of 709 in 2010, making it the deadliest year for international troops since the war began in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

So far this year, at least 382 coalition service members have been killed in Afghanistan. Most troops are American and are killed in the country's south, which is plagued by IED attacks on troops and civilians. The deadliest incident happened on Saturday when a U.S. helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. troops, seven Afghan troops and an Afghan interpreter.

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