NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan in roadside bomb blast
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The international military coalition in Afghanistan says one of its service members was killed by a roadside bomb in the country's south.
The death brought the number of international troops killed on Thursday to eight.
Seven American service members died earlier in the day in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed to have shot down the helicopter but U.S. officials have cast doubt on that and said an investigation is ongoing.
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The U.S.-led NATO coalition did not release the nationality of the service member killed in the roadside blast.
Taliban insurgents have been waging a summer campaign against coalition forces and Afghan army and police being trained to take over full security responsibility by 2014.