A Norwegian soldier was killed and one slightly injured in an attack on the international peacekeeping force in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The attack last night involved a grenade - which may have been rocket propelled - hitting a vehicle belonging to the 6,500-strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrolling the Afghan capital.
"There were four soldiers in the vehicle," a spokeswoman said this morning, adding: "I believe this is the first Norwegian death in the ISAF mission."
A peacekeeper was wounded earlier this month in a rocket attack on a base used by ISAF. A Canadian and British peacekeeper were killed in separate suicide attacks in Kabul in January.
