A NATO service member was killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, and a helicopter crashed on a mission overnight, but no one was hurt, AP quoted the international coalition as saying. No details about the fatal attack were released. The U.S.-led coalition force does not identify the nationalities of casualties until individual countries name them. The Chinook helicopter made a hard landing in the eastern province of Logar late Monday night, coalition spokeswoman Lt. j.g. Amy Hession said. The aircraft was heavily damaged, so the crew destroyed it before they were evacuated from the scene, she said. There were no initial reports of insurgent activity nearby, Hession said. She could not confirm the helicopter's mission. The Taliban claimed in a statement Tuesday that its fighters shot down the helicopter.
