ISAF soldier dead in IED attack

KABUL on Wednesday, the alliance said on Thursday.

The service-member’s death was announced in a brief statement from the NATO’s southern heartland.

According to the website http://icasualties.org/, which tracks coalition casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq, so far five NATO soldiers, including one American and two British, have been killed in Afghanistan this year. Last year, 405 foreign troops were killed in the country.

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