NATO says one of its service members died Tuesday following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan. The identity of the soldier was not revealed.
In other violence, NATO said Monday that Afghan and coalition forces killed numerous insurgents while searching for a Taliban leader in northern Baghlan province.
A NATO statement said that during the search, the force also discovered rocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 rifles, grenades and a machine gun and that all weapons were destroyed.
Also in Baghlan, a joint patrol captured a senior Taliban leader believed to have led more than 60 fighters and responsible for numerous suicide bombings throughout the region.
In southern Kandahar province Monday, a combined Afghan and coalition force discovered several drug caches, consisting of almost 1.5 tons of marijuana, seven jugs of wet opium and 200 kilograms of dry opium.
