Nato Soldier killed in Afghanistan
A Nato soldier died after being wounded in a militant attack in southern Afghanistan, and insurgents and a roadside blast killed five Afghan policemen elsewhere in the country, officials said yesterday.
The NATO soldier was wounded after insurgents attacked his convoy in southern Helmand province on Tuesday, the military alliance said Wednesday. It did not release the soldier's nationality.
Later Wednesday, Britain's Ministry of Defence said a British soldier was killed in Helmand the day before. The soldier is 114th British serviceman to be killed in Afghanistan since operations began there in November 2001.
Also Tuesday, a roadside blast that apparently targeted an Afghan senator mediating a land dispute in eastern Paktia province killed three policemen and wounded three others, said Ruhollah Samoon, spokesman for the provincial governor.
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