Afghanistan - A foreign soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the second death in the day for the US-led forces in the war-wracked country.

The Western military alliance announced on Thursday that tthe soldier died of non-combat related injuries in the country's troubled south.

Earlier on Thursday, another US-led soldier serving with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan in a roadside bomb blast.

“An ISAF service member died following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan today,” ISAF said in a statement.

The ISAF declined to give more details on the incidents and the nationality of the soldiers.

According to official figures released by the website icasualties.org , the latest death brings to 2940 the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of the Asian country in 2001.

Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of tens of thousands of US-led troops.

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Source: Press TV