NATO forces say one of their service members has been killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, AP reported.
The international coalition says the service member died Friday in a "direct fire attack." The NATO statement did not provide the troop's nationality. The force also did not provide further details about the incident.
The Taliban have taken back control of large areas of southern Afghanistan in the past three years, reversing much of the victory won by international forces when they invaded in 2001. President Barack Obama is deploying 21,000 additional U.S. troops to try to turn back the Taliban insurgency.