US soldiers carry a wounded comrade during a patrol in Logar Province, Afghanistan. (File photo)
A foreign soldier serving with the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has been killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan.
ISAF confirmed in a Thursday statement that the “service member died following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan yesterday.” However, it did not reveal the nationality of the victim or the exact location of the attack.
The latest death brings to 147 the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan so far this year.
The increasing number of military casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the United States and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the Afghan war.
The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.
The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but the country is still gripped by insecurity.
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