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NATO service member dies in Afghanistan

Xinhua, September 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission said Wednesday that one of its service member died as a result of a non-battle cause in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday.

The mission did not give details and the nationality of the victim, saying it is its policy "to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities."

"This incident is not related to the ongoing security situation in Kunduz," the mission said in a brief statement.

On Monday, the Taliban militant group took full control of Kunduz city, the capital of Kunduz Province in northern Afghanistan after Afghan security forces abandoned their security posts.

The Taliban has intensified attacks over the past couple of months as the Afghan security forces assumed the full security responsibilities from NATO-led troops since Jan. 1. Endi