Afghan war has left 200 NATO soldiers dead since January 2011

Taliban-linked militancy and conflicts have claimed the life of 200 soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) up-to-date as one NATO soldier lost his life on Friday.

"An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan today," a press release issued by the military alliance here said on Friday.

Although it did not reveal the nationality of the victim, troops mostly from U.S., Britain, Canada and Australia have stationed in the southern region where Taliban militants are active.

Eight more NATO soldiers, all Americans had been killed in the troubled southern region on Thursday, the military alliance confirmed.

According to iCasualties -- a website tracking the casualties of U.S.-led war on terror the fatalities of the Coalition had reached 199 with losing eight U.S. service members in Afghanistan on Thursday. With the fatality the alliance suffered today (Friday) it reached 200.

Out of 199 service members had lost their lives in Afghanistan until Thursday 140 of them according to iCasualties are Americans.

According to iCasualties, the fatalities of NATO-led troops in Afghanistan in January was registered 32, in February 38, in March 39, in April 51 and in May until Thursday it was 39. With the casualty the military alliance suffered Friday it reached 40.

Both Afghan and U.S. military leaders have predicted more violence in Afghanistan in the coming months.

Commander of over 140,000-strong NATO-led forces the U.S. General David Petraeus, according to media reports has predicted escalation in Taliban activities this year in Afghanistan.

Spokesman of Afghan Defense Ministry General Zahir Azimi has also believed that Taliban militants would speed up activities to regain the areas they have lost to government forces.

Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops in the latest attacks against government interests they overran briefly Duab district in the mountainous eastern Nuristan province on Monday and targeted Afghan main military hospital in the capital city Kabul early weekend killing six people and wounding 23 others.

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