US soldier dead after Kabul bomb

A roadside bomb has struck a US-led military convoy outside the Afghan capital killing one soldier and wounding another.

The attack happened in the Bagrami district on the eastern outskirts of Kabul, the latest in a spiralling cycle of violence blamed on a resurgent Taliban.

"A coalition service member was killed and another wounded when their convoy struck an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in Kabul," the US military said.

A witness said a military helicopter arrived at the scene of the blast and evacuated at least three foreign nationals from a four-wheel drive vehicle which was hit.

Taliban militants have stepped up their campaign against the government and foreign forces in Afghanistan this year, mostly relying on suicide attacks and roadside bomb blasts.

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