Blast in southern Afghanistan kills Danish soldier

A Danish soldier was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, Danish officials and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

The Danish military said its soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) while he was on a dismounted patrol, about six miles (9 kilometers) northeast of Gereshk, a town in Helmand Province. His identity was not immediately released, although next-of-kin have been notified.

The country's Army Operational Command said comrades and sanitation experts immediately gave first aid to the injured soldier after the explosion. He was then evacuated by helicopter to the field hospital at Camp Bastion, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Bomb blast kills soldier in southern Afghanistan

KABUL - A coalition service member was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan on New Year's Day, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

ISAF said the service member was killed as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the country's south, but provided no other information about the attack.

The nationality of the service member was also not immediately disclosed. "It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities," an ISAF statement said.