NATO says Afghan and the coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator who was a former associate of terror leader Osama bin Laden. In a statement on Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern Balkh province, but did not give his name. It said the Pakistan-based militant planned attacks and was a close associate of senior al-Qaida insurgents. He is also suspected of being with bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001.The statement said he is one of several senior al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents captured in Balkh province this year. Meanwhile, the German military said a bomb attack in Baghlan province killed one of its soldiers and wounded six others.It said a roadside bomb struck the soldiers' tank near the northern city of Kunduz. Germany has about 5,000 soldiers in Afghanistan as part of the NATO coalition.