KABUL, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- A soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force was wounded Wednesday in Afghanistan's southern restive Helmand province, a press release of the multinational force said.

    An ISAF soldier was wounded at approximately 9:00 a.m. Wednesday in northern Helmand when his position received heavy small arms fire from insurgents, the press release added.

    It is the second attack on the NATO troops in south Afghanistan over the past three days. The previous attack also in Helmand left three British soldiers dead.

    The statement did not identify the nationality of the soldier but Britain has some 4,000 troops in Helmand province.

    NATO took over the command from the U.S.-led coalition forces in south Afghanistan, the hotbed of Taliban militants, on Monday.

    More than 1,200 people including over 60 U.S.-dominated foreign soldiers have been killed since January in the post-Taliban nation. Enditem