NATO soldier killed in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, June 1 (Reuters) A soldier with NATO's International Security Assistance Force was killed and three others were wounded in combat in eastern Afghanistan today, ISAF said.

ISAF had no further details and does not release the nationalities of casualties.

The soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Mehtarlam district, according to Ahmad Jawid Shamsi, cultural adviser to a provincial reconstruction team in Laghman.

Clashes between the Taliban and Western forces have surged in recent weeks.

Seven NATO troops - five Americans, a Briton and a Canadian - were killed in the crash of a Chinook helicopter during heavy fighting in Helmand province on Wednesday. NATO said the helicopter may have been brought down by enemy fire.

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