Another US-led troop dies in Afghan war

A serviceman with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has lost his life in a militant attack in volatile southern Afghanistan.

“An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service member died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan today,” ISAF said in a Thursday press release.

The alliance however did not announce the name or nationality of the victim.

Roadside bombs are by far the most lethal weapon Taliban militants use against foreign troops, Afghan forces as well as civilians.

The latest deaths bring to 43 the number of fatalities among foreign troopers in the war-ravaged Afghanistan this month. June, nonetheless, remains the worst month for foreign military casualties with a death toll of 103. A total of 533 foreign soldiers have been killed in the Afghan war so far this year.

The US Army has lost 1,302 soldiers since October 2001 when Washington unleashed the US-led invasion of Afghanistan.