NATO soldier, civilian interpreter killed in Afghanistan

By Xinhua

Kabul : A soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and an ISAF civilian interpreter were killed in eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Sunday.


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The fatalities occurred when an ISAF convoy was ambushed by militants Saturday, the statement said, adding seven other ISAF soldiers were wounded by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.

The brief statement did not say which province the incident occurred.

About 37,000 ISAF forces are being deployed across Afghanistan to hunt down militants and keep security.

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