Kabul, Dec 28: A NATO soldier was killed and three injured, one seriously, after a blast caused their vehicle to crash during a reconnaissance mission in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said today.
It did not give the nationalities of the soldiers, nor more details of yesterday's incident in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold. NATO said in a statement it was investigating.
Most troops deployed in Helmand as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force are British.
More than 160 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this year, a year which has seen the worst fighting since the Taliban were ousted by US-led forces in 2001.
Most of the fighting has been in the south and east bordering Pakistan, where the Taliban has safe havens.
Reuters
It did not give the nationalities of the soldiers, nor more details of yesterday's incident in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold. NATO said in a statement it was investigating.
Most troops deployed in Helmand as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force are British.
More than 160 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this year, a year which has seen the worst fighting since the Taliban were ousted by US-led forces in 2001.
Most of the fighting has been in the south and east bordering Pakistan, where the Taliban has safe havens.
Reuters
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