NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan

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KABUL, Aug 19 (AFP): A soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed Sunday while escorting a convoy in southern Afghanistan, the force said in a statement.
The soldier died from wounds suffered when the convoy was hit by a bomb, which sparked a firefight with militants, an ISAF spokeswoman told the news agency.
"There was an IED, then there a firefight. He was injured and later died from his wounds. It was not known if he sustained the wounds from the IED or the gunshots," the spokeswoman said.
Neither the soldier's nationality nor the location of the incident was disclosed. His death brings to 136 the number of international troops killed in Afghanistan this year, according to the news agency count.
The incident follows the killing of 15 people, including 11 civilians, in a suicide attack on a convoy in the southern province of Kandahar Saturday.