A Finnish peacekeeper with the ISAF forces in Northern Afghanistan was killed on Tuesday in a blast from an improvised roadside bomb.
The attack took place near the town of Aybak in Samangan Province, and according to a statement from the Finnish Defence Forces the victim was Senior Lieutenant Jukka Kansonen (b. 1975).
The officer's family have been informed, and plans are being drawn up for the return of his body to Finland.
