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US-led soldier killed in Afghan war
Sun Sep 4, 2011 10:19AM GMT
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PressTV - US-led soldier killed in Afghan war
A bomb attack has killed at least one soldier with the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghanistan, Press TV reported.
In a statement released on Sunday, the NATO-led ISAF said that the soldier had been killed by a roadside bomb on Saturday but did not reveal the nationality of the soldier.
According to iCasualties.org, at least 420 US-led soldiers, most of them Americans, have died in Afghanistan so far this year.
August 2011 was the deadliest month for US troops in the decade-long war in Afghanistan, with 66 American soldiers killed during that month.
The figure, released by the Associated Press on Tuesday, eclipsed the earlier figure of 65 from July 2010.
Most of the fatalities resulted from an August 6 helicopter crash in which 30 US troops lost their lives. The soldiers were onboard a Chinook shot down by Taliban militants in Afghanistan's Wardak Province in the single deadliest incident of the Afghan war.
Twenty-three other American troops died this month in the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand in southern Afghanistan. The remaining 13 were killed in eastern Afghanistan.
The security situation remains fragile in Afghanistan despite the presence of about 150,000 US-led foreign forces.
The increasing number of troop casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the Afghan war.
MSH/JG/HRF
Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan
PressTV - Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan
Sat Sep 3, 2011 11:37PM GMT
LAST UPDATE
A Danish soldier has been killed and four others injured in a bomb attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand.
"It is with great sorrow that I have received word that one of our soldiers has been killed in Afghanistan and that four other soldiers have been slightly wounded," the chief of the Danish Army Operational Command, Major General Agner Rokos, said in a statement issued on Saturday.
An improvised explosive device went off when the soldiers were patrolling on foot between Patrol Baseline and Gereshk, he added.
The injured were taken to the field hospital at Camp Bastion, but one lost his life on arrival at the medical facility, the statement explained.
Sunday's attack raised the death toll for Danish soldiers in conflict-related incidents in Afghanistan to 36. Six other Danish troops have died in non-combat related incidents, including one who committed suicide, according to the Danish military.
There are about 750 Danish troops in Afghanistan, mostly in Helmand, under the command of British forces.
However, Denmark plans to reduce its contingent in the Central Asian country to 650 by the second half of 2012.
Some 420 foreign troops have been killed in Afghanistan in 2011.
MA/HGL
US-led soldier killed in Afghan war
Sat Sep 3, 2011 3:29PM GMT
A US-led soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan, NATO says, as the death toll of foreign troops continues to rise in the war-torn country.
NATO said in a press release that the soldier was killed in a militant attack in an area of Afghanistan's volatile south, Xinhua reported.
The Western military alliance did not reveal the nationality of the soldier or the exact location of the incident.
However, local sources say the death occurred after a NATO convoy came under attack in an area of southern Kandahar Province.
According to official figures released by the website icasualties.org, a total of 420 US-led foreign troops have lost their lives in war-battered Afghanistan so far this year.
Violence in Afghanistan is on the rise as militants have expedited their spring offensive.
The rising number of foreign casualties has stoked opposition to the Afghan war in NATO member states as well as in countries that have contributed troops to the war.
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.
SS/JR/HJL
Sun Sep 4, 2011 10:19AM GMT
UPDATE
PressTV - US-led soldier killed in Afghan war
A bomb attack has killed at least one soldier with the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghanistan, Press TV reported.
In a statement released on Sunday, the NATO-led ISAF said that the soldier had been killed by a roadside bomb on Saturday but did not reveal the nationality of the soldier.
According to iCasualties.org, at least 420 US-led soldiers, most of them Americans, have died in Afghanistan so far this year.
August 2011 was the deadliest month for US troops in the decade-long war in Afghanistan, with 66 American soldiers killed during that month.
The figure, released by the Associated Press on Tuesday, eclipsed the earlier figure of 65 from July 2010.
Most of the fatalities resulted from an August 6 helicopter crash in which 30 US troops lost their lives. The soldiers were onboard a Chinook shot down by Taliban militants in Afghanistan's Wardak Province in the single deadliest incident of the Afghan war.
Twenty-three other American troops died this month in the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand in southern Afghanistan. The remaining 13 were killed in eastern Afghanistan.
The security situation remains fragile in Afghanistan despite the presence of about 150,000 US-led foreign forces.
The increasing number of troop casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the Afghan war.
MSH/JG/HRF
Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan
PressTV - Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan
Sat Sep 3, 2011 11:37PM GMT
LAST UPDATE
A Danish soldier has been killed and four others injured in a bomb attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand.
"It is with great sorrow that I have received word that one of our soldiers has been killed in Afghanistan and that four other soldiers have been slightly wounded," the chief of the Danish Army Operational Command, Major General Agner Rokos, said in a statement issued on Saturday.
An improvised explosive device went off when the soldiers were patrolling on foot between Patrol Baseline and Gereshk, he added.
The injured were taken to the field hospital at Camp Bastion, but one lost his life on arrival at the medical facility, the statement explained.
Sunday's attack raised the death toll for Danish soldiers in conflict-related incidents in Afghanistan to 36. Six other Danish troops have died in non-combat related incidents, including one who committed suicide, according to the Danish military.
There are about 750 Danish troops in Afghanistan, mostly in Helmand, under the command of British forces.
However, Denmark plans to reduce its contingent in the Central Asian country to 650 by the second half of 2012.
Some 420 foreign troops have been killed in Afghanistan in 2011.
MA/HGL
US-led soldier killed in Afghan war
Sat Sep 3, 2011 3:29PM GMT
A US-led soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan, NATO says, as the death toll of foreign troops continues to rise in the war-torn country.
NATO said in a press release that the soldier was killed in a militant attack in an area of Afghanistan's volatile south, Xinhua reported.
The Western military alliance did not reveal the nationality of the soldier or the exact location of the incident.
However, local sources say the death occurred after a NATO convoy came under attack in an area of southern Kandahar Province.
According to official figures released by the website icasualties.org, a total of 420 US-led foreign troops have lost their lives in war-battered Afghanistan so far this year.
Violence in Afghanistan is on the rise as militants have expedited their spring offensive.
The rising number of foreign casualties has stoked opposition to the Afghan war in NATO member states as well as in countries that have contributed troops to the war.
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.
SS/JR/HJL