A soldier was killed in a rebel attack on Polish troops in the Ghazni province in Afghanistan, press spokesman of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command Miroslaw Ochyra said on Wednesday.

Captain Krzysztof Wozniak was fatally injured in the attack and died in a military hospital, he said.

Wozniak is the 38th Polish soldier killed while serving with the NATO-led mission since 2007 in Afghanistan.