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| Three NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghan Violence |
| 2010-08-18 |
| [Tolo News] In two separate incidents in eastern and western Afghanistan on Tuesday, three NATO soldiers and two Afghan civilians were killed, NATO Press Release says Two of the three soldiers were Americans who were killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, and the third soldier was killed in a mine blast in the west of the country. The Press Release does not give further details about the incident. With the latest deaths, the number of international forces killed in Afghan war reached to 435 since the start of this year, compared to 520 for the whole of 2009, according to the independent icasualteies.org that tracks the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. The coalition forces have around 150,000 troops in Afghanistan to support the US-backed government, and fight a nearly nine year insurgency led by the Taliban regime, that was ousted by a US-led invasion of the country in late 2001. |
| Posted by:Fred |