NATO soldier dead in Afghan blast

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Source: Agence France-Presse

NATO soldier dead in Afghan blast

Sun Apr 8, 4:56 AM ET

KABUL (AFP) - A soldier from the NATO-led force was killed
Sunday and another was injured in a roadside bomb blast in
southern Afghanistan, the alliance said.

The death brought to 28 the number of NATO-led troops
killed this year in violence-plagued southern Afghanistan,
said a NATO military spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel
Maria Carl.

She did not reveal the location or the nationality of the
casualties.

"There was an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion
this morning, killing one (NATO) soldier and injuring
another one," she told a news briefing in Kabul.

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