Bucharest  - A Romanian soldier was killed and four others injured
by an explosive device during a patrol in Afghanistan on Tuesday,
Romanian media reported, citing the Romanian Ministry of Defence in
Bucharest.

According to the Mediafax news agency, the 32-year-old officer was
killed immediately, as one of the four vehicles in his patrol struck
the explosive device on a motorway between Kandahar and Kabul.

The fatality was the ninth suffered by the Romanian military.
Romania stationed 956 soldiers in Afghanistan serving in NATO- and
US-led missions.

On Friday a Romanian soldier was killed in combat with rebels south-west of Kabul. (dpa)