KABUL: A Nato soldier was killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the force said.
The latest death took to 531 the number of Nato-led troops killed in Taliban-linked violence so far this year, according to an AFP count based on the independent icasualties.org website.
This year's foreign military toll is the highest since the war began in 2001, when US-led troops toppled the Taliban from power for sheltering al-Qaeda leaders wanted for the September 11 attacks.
Last year, 521 foreign soldiers lost their lives in the war.
About 150,000 Nato and US troops are operating in Afghanistan, tasked with implementing a counter-insurgency strategy designed to reverse Taliban momentum and allow American forces to start drawing down in 2011.
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