Clash between insurgents and NATO troops left one soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) dead in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, said an ISAF statement released here Sunday.
However, it is ISAF policy to not release the nationality of any casualty prior to the relevant national authority doing so.
Meanwhile, three militants were detained during a U.S.-led Coalition forces' operation to disrupt militant networks in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province on Saturday, a Coalition statement said on Sunday.
The three militants were arrested during Coalition forces' searching compounds in Urgun district targeting a militant responsible for rocket attacks against Coalition forces, the statement said.
A total of 70,000 multi-national troops are deployed across Afghanistan under the flags of the NATO-led ISAF and the U.S.-led Coalition forces respectively for maintaining stability and helping in reconstruction.
Afghanistan has witnessed the surge of Taliban attacks on international and Afghan troops during past weeks when the anti-government militants continue to demonstrate their strength through suicide and roadside bombings.
Escalating insurgency and violent incidents have left around 2,500 people dead with over 700 civilians since January this year in the war-torn country.
Source:Xinhua
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