Vehicle-bomb blast reported near NATO convoy in Afghanistan

A vehicle bomb exploded near a military base on the edge of the Kabul Friday, injuring at least one person, authorities said.

Initial reports say that the blast happened as a convoy passed by with troops the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, the force said in a statement. The blast occurred near the Camp Julien, where ISAF troops train the Afghan forces as well as some newly arriving coalition soldiers.

Earlier reports said the attack killed one person, but the Afghan police sources later the bomb caused an injury.

The attack also happened near Darul Aman palace, a vacant structure built in the 1920s that through the years has been destroyed by fire, turned into a museum, used as a defense ministry and shelled by the Mujahedeen after the Soviets left.

Foreign soldier dies in suspected insurgent attack in the Afghanistan

A soldier serving under the banner of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed Tuesday in the southern Afghanistan, the alliance said.

The soldier died in a suspected insurgent attack, the ISAF said without revealing the deceased's nationality or details about the nature of the attack.

The casualty came a day after two other ISAF troops died in a roadside bomb blast in the same volatile region. Most of the troops based there are from the United States, Britain and Canada.

A total of 614 foreign soldiers have been killed in the Afghanistan so far in the 2010, the bloodiest year for the 150,000 US and other NATO troops that are currently based in the war-torn country.