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| ISAF soldier killed, supply helicopter damaged in Afghanistan |
| 2008-06-14 |
| (Xinhua) -- One soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in southern Afghanistan while a contracted supply helicopter of the ISAF was damaged in the east Friday, the ISAF said. The ISAF soldier was killed Friday as a result of a direct fire engagement with insurgents in Qalat district of Zabul province, the NATO-led military said in a statement, without releasing the casualty's nationality. The supply helicopter contracted by the ISAF was damaged while conducting an emergency landing due to mechanical problems in the eastern province of Kunar, the ISAF said in a separate statement. No one was injured during the emergency landing, it said. On June 9, a contracted supply aircraft of the ISAF was damaged by insurgent fire in Nuristan province of eastern Afghanistan, which caused no casualties to the force or aircraft crew. |
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