A soldier with the NATO-led coalition forces was killed in explosion in southern Afghan region, the coalition forces confirmed in a press release.
“An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service member died following an improvised explosive (IED) device attack in southern Afghanistan today,” the coalition or ISAF said in the release.
The brief press release gave neither the nationality of the victim nor the details about the incident under the ISAF policy.
A total of 50 countries are contributing 100,000-strong forces in Afghanistan with over 68,000 of them American mainly stationed in the east and south, followed by 9,500 from UK mainly based in southern Afghanistan.
Up to 390 foreign soldiers, most of them Americans, have been killed in Afghanistan since beginning this year.