NATO: Service member killed in north Afghanistan

Wednesday, November  3, 2010

 KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO says one of its service members has been
killed in an insurgent attack in northern Afghanistan.
 The statement did not provide details of the attack or the slain service
member's nationality.
 Northern Afghanistan has traditionally been more stable but attacks and
bombings in the region have increased in recent months after NATO and Afghan
troops began pushing into the insurgency's heartland in the south.
 It's unclear whether the southern operation is simply displacing Taliban
insurgents into other parts of the country or whether the traditionally
Pashtun insurgency has managed to build alliances with ethnic groups in the
north.
 Wednesday's death brings the total number of NATO soldiers killed in
Afghanistan this year to 608.