Kabul, December 15: A bomb attack has claimed the life of a US-led soldier in southern Afghanistan, bringing the death toll of foreign soldiers in the war-torn country closer to 700 so far this year.
The Western military alliance said the soldier was killed when a roadside bomb went off in the country’s south on Wednesday.
The alliance it did not reveal the nationality of the soldier or the exact location of the attack.
The latest death brings to at least 694 the number of US-led troops killed in war-ravaged Afghanistan this year — making 2010 the deadliest year for foreign forces since the start of the war nine years ago.
Despite the presence of some 150,000 foreign forces, militant attacks are picking up in Afghanistan.
The rising foreign casualties have sparked anger among the public in the countries allied with the United States in the war-wracked country.
—Agencies