A soldier with NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in south Afghanistan on Friday, bringing the number of NATO forces casualties to four in a single day, a press release of the military alliance said Saturday, Xinhua reported.
"An ISAF service member died yesterday as a result of an IED ( Improvised Explosive Device) strike in southern Afghanistan," the press release said.
However, it did not release the nationality of the victim, saying it is ISAF policy to defer notification procedures for casualties to the relevant national authorities.
Three more NATO's soldiers from Germany were killed and five others sustained injuries in the northern Kunduz province on Friday.
More than 140 NATO-led soldiers, most of them Americans, have been killed since January this year in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan.
4 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan: report
A soldier with NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in south Afghanistan on Friday, bringing the number of NATO forces casualties to four in a single day, a press release of the military alliance said Saturday.
