{"id":1950,"date":"2012-01-03T15:50:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2012-01-03T15:50:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:50:34","slug":"first-us-led-soldier-killed-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/01\/03\/1950\/","title":{"rendered":"First US-led soldier killed in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/american-injured.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>A US-led soldier has been killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, marking the first NATO casualty in the war-torn country in 2012, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announces, Press TV reports.  <!--more-->  <br \/>The trooper lost his life \u201cfollowing an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan, yesterday,&#8221; the ISAF said in a statement on Tuesday.<br \/>NATO did not reveal the exact location of the incident or the nationality of the victim, saying, &#8220;It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities.&#8221;<br \/>A total of 566 US-led troops, most of them Americans, were killed in Afghanistan in 2011.<br \/>On Sunday, the Taliban militants attacked the largest American military base in Afghanistan on the first day of 2012 despite US efforts to negotiate with the militant group.<br \/>Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said that fatalities had been caused after the militants hit the US Bagram Air Base north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, with nine missiles.<br \/>Afghan officials also announced that the heavily-fortified airbase had been hit by a barrage of rockets, but said that the attack did not cause any casualties.<br \/>The militant group has recently intensified attacks against US-led foreign forces in the war-torn country despite Washington&#8217;s efforts to give concessions to the Taliban and begin talks with them.<br \/>The US has reportedly demanded Qatar to provide the militants with an office where Washington can embark on negotiations with the militants planned for early 2012.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Press TV<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US-led soldier has been killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, marking the first NATO casualty in the war-torn country in 2012, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announces, Press TV reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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