KABUL, March 08, SPA -- NATO says a roadside blast has killed one ofits troops and wounded two U.S. coalition members in eastern Afghanistan. NATO says the blast hit a combined patrol Sunday. It didnot disclose the troops' nationalities or the exactlocation of the blast. The number of roadside bomb attacks in 2008 increased morethan 30 percent compared with 2007, Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/642182