A Danish soldier was killed and another injured after they came under fire during a patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Danish military said Saturday, AP reported.
Kim Grunberger of The Army Operational Command said the troops were patrolling on foot in Afghanistan's Helmand province when they came under attack from insurgents.
The wounded soldier was flown to a field hospital for treatment.
Denmark has now lost 25 soldiers in Afghanistan since it joined the U.S.-led coalition in 2002.
The Nordic country has about 700 troops serving in the NATO force in Afghanistan. Most of them are based in the volatile southern Helmand province.
Separately, the Hungarian defense ministry said a suicide attacker drove a vehicle into a Hungarian convoy on Saturday morning in the northern city of Pul-e-Khumri.
The vehicle exploded beside the convoy. There were no casualties in the convoy but one military vehicle was damaged. The bomber was killed.
The Hungarians, who are part of a reconstruction unit, were able to return to their camp safely.
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