NATO soldier kills in Attack in eastern Afghanistan

NATO SOLDIER KILLS IN ATTACK 

IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN

KABUL: NATO says an attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed one of its service members. A statement from the U.S.-led coalition says the soldier died after coming under direct fire by enemy forces on Monday.

The coalition, known as the International Security Assistance Force, provided no other details or the nationality of the killed soldier.

Afghan insurgents have increased attacks in recent months, intensifying a campaign to regain territory as foreign forces draw down ahead of a full withdrawal at the end of 2014.

Monday´s death brings to eight the number of coalition deaths so far this month. Last Tuesday, six U.S. soldiers died when their Black Hawk UH-60 went down during a mission in Zabul, southern Afghanistan.

TALIBAN HIT NATO FUEL TRUCKS, KILL ONE AFGHAN POLICEMAN

TALIBAN HIT NATO FUEL TRUCKS, KILL ONE AFGHAN POLICEMAN

KABUL: An Afghan official says Taliban suicide bombers have attacked NATO fuel trucks near the Pakistani border. A gun battle that followed killed one Afghan policeman and wounded three. A spokesman in Nangarhar province, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, says the attack took place early Wednesday at the NATO outpost near the Torkham border crossing, a key supply route for the alliance.

Abdulzai says three suicide bombers first blew up a car at the gate of the parking lot of the NATO outpost. The explosion set off a fire that destroyed several of the privately owned tankers. The attackers then stormed into the compound. Abdulzai says the attackers were killed in the ensuing gun battle. NATO says there were no casualties among coalition troops. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says the insurgent group was behind the attack.