NATO soldier killed in Afghan insurgent attack

A U.S. service member was killed Sunday following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, NATO said.

Alliance spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks confirmed an American died Sunday but declined to provide details, pending notification of the family of the service member.

Twenty-four NATO troops, including 16 U.S. service members, have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month.

NATO is pouring troops into southern Afghanistan as part of a stepped-up security operation in Kandahar, where insurgents have waged a campaign of targeted killings against government officials.

On Sunday, two militants on a motorbike opened fire on a car belonging to …