Kabul, June 05: A militant attack has killed a service member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghanistan.
The foreign soldier lost his life on Sunday morning, the Associated Press reported.
The military alliance did not reveal the nationality of the soldier or the exact location of the incident.
The death brings to 228 the number of US-led troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year, according to the iCasualties website.
The death toll of the US-led forces in 2010 stood at 711, making the year the deadliest for foreign forces in Afghanistan since the start of the war.
According to official figures, more than 2,503 US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the invasion of the country in 2001.
NATO has admitted that the power of militants in Afghanistan is on the rise despite the presence of about 150,000 US-led forces in the war-hit country.
The rising number of foreign casualties has stoked opposition to the Afghan war in NATO member states as well as in other countries that have contributed troops to the mission.
—–Agencies