Washington (CNN) A US service member was killed in a suicide car bomb attack Thursday in Kabul, Afghanistan, at a checkpoint near NATO headquarters and the US embassy, a US military official with direct knowledge of the incident said.

Another service member from Romania also was killed, the NATO-led coalition announced in a statement.

The attack did not penetrate the security perimeter, the official said.

No other details were immediately available. The identity of the American will not be released until 24 hours after next of kin has been notified.

The US death is the 16th US service member to be killed in Afghanistan in 2019, and three other American service members have been killed in recent weeks.

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