Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:54PM GMT
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Attacks in the south of Afghanistan have reportedly killed two members of the United States-led military alliance, NATO.


The forces said the deaths took place on Sunday one in an insurgent attack and the other in a bomb explosion, AP reported.

The alliance did not disclose further information and is awaiting confirmation on the part of the families of the soldiers.

The deaths increased to at least 78 the number of foreign troops killed in the war-hit country so far this month.

The past few months have witnessed a surge in violence in Afghanistan, which has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Afghans and US-led foreign troops.

The rising number of foreign casualties has stoked opposition the Afghan war, which has been raging on since 2001, among NATO member states.

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3 NATO Soldiers Killed in Southern Afghanistan « VOA Breaking News

NATO said Sunday three of its service members were killed in southern Afghanistan. A NATO statement said the first soldier died in an insurgent attack, another one was killed by a roadside bomb and the third died during a military operation.

Also Sunday, a group of suicide bombers attacked a NATO reconstruction base in Qalat, the capital of southern Zabul province, but failed to breach its defenses. Officials said that one of the assailants blew himself up outside the gate of the base, another one was captured and the third one managed to escape. Two civilians were wounded in the attack. Elsewhere Sunday, a suicide bomber died during an apparently premature explosion while driving on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul. The blast caused no other casualties. In northern Afghanistan, a doctor and another medical worker were killed Sunday after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Takhar province.