KABUL, June 10 (Xinhua) -- A soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died Tuesday from injuries sustained in an explosion in northern Afghanistan, the military alliance said.

    Without giving details on how the explosion occurred, The NATO-led military in a statement said, "This soldier died while helping to bring security and peace to the people of Afghanistan."

    As usual the ISAF did not release the nationality of the killed soldier, citing a policy.

    The past two weeks saw continued bombings and attacks on Afghan government targets and international forces across the post-Taliban nation.

    In the east, a contracted supply aircraft of the ISAF was damaged by insurgent fire Monday morning in Nuristan province and the NATO said no ISAF, contractors or Afghan civilians were injured during the incident.

    Moreover, on June 8, three British soldiers of the ISAF were killed and one more soldier was wounded in an insurgent suicide attack in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan.

    Escalating militancy-related conflicts and violence in Afghanistan claimed 8,000 lives last year, a bloodiest one since 2001 when the hard-line Taliban regime collapsed and the militants went into a years-long insurgency.