The body of a Norwegian peacekeeper killed in a rocket attack on the weekend will be flown home on Thursday, an official said.
Tommy Roedningsby, 29, was killed Sunday when his four-vehicle International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) convoy was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade as it returned to base in east Kabul.
A memorial service not open to the media was to be held later Wednesday, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the deaths of 62 Spanish peacekeepers who died in an aircrash over Turkey as they were returning home from their mission in Afghanistan.
"We in our investigations have not determined who is responsible for the crime of killing Tommy," spokeswoman for the Nato-led force Major Rita LePage told a press conference in Kabul.
"The investigation will play out and we will find those people and bring them to justice."
Roedningsby's death brings to 89 the number of peacekeepers who have died while stationed in Afghanistan. This figure includes the Spanish soldiers killed in the aircrash, a soldier who killed himself and one who died of illness.
Despite the attack, ISAF was conducting reconnaissance work outside Kabul to see whether it could expand patrols beyond its area of operation in the capital to support the voter registration process for upcoming elections.
Militants have vowed to disrupt the first post-Taleban polls and earlier this month two Britons and an Afghan working on security for voter registration were killed by unknown attackers in north-east Nuristan province.
Some 6,500 peacekeepers from more than 30 nations are deployed in Kabul and the northern city of Kunduz. The government and other agencies have called for their expansion, particularly ahead of the elections.
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