RECOVERY CREW - U.S. Marines arrive at the impact site with French soldiers to recover the wreckage of a French Mirage 2000 jet fighter aircraft northwest of Forward Operating Base Delaram in Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 25, 2011. The Marines are assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group Forward. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff KausAfghan War Has Left 200 NATO Soldiers Dead Since January 2011 -- Xinhuanet
KABUL, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Taliban-linked militancy and conflicts have claimed the life of 200 soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) up-to-date as one NATO soldier lost his life on Friday.
"An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan today," a press release issued by the military alliance here said on Friday.
Although it did not reveal the nationality of the victim, troops mostly from U.S., Britain, Canada and Australia have stationed in the southern region where Taliban militants are active.
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