An service member with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed Wednesday during a small-arms fire attack by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, said an ISAF statement released here on Thursday.
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 U.S.-led Coalition forces and one Afghan in eastern Afghanistan.
A total of 71,000 international troops, half of them U.S. service members, are stationed under the leadership of NATO-led ISAF and the U.S.-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.
Source:Xinhua
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