A NATO occupation soldier was killed in attack in Afghanistan on Thursday.

The soldier was killed following "an insurgent attack", NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement, without further detail.
The death brings to 598 the number of occupation troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on the independent icasualties.org website.

The total for 2009, the second deadliest year, was 521