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Taliban attack kills 2 US-led soldiers
| Quote: | A bomb explosion has killed two US-led foreign soldiers and two Afghan civilians and wounded 20 others in a bazaar outside a NATO base in southeast Afghanistan.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast in the Gardez district of Paktia, a province located to the south of Kabul and close to the Pakistani border.
Major S Justin Platt, front man for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Paktia, confirmed several casualties in the incident.
"There were two ISAF soldiers killed and six maimed," Platt said.
However, the US-led military alliance did not reveal the nationalities of the victims.
The blast took place as a group of foreign and Afghan soldiers were shopping, a Press TV correspondent reported on Sunday. At least four Afghan troops were also reported to have been wounded.
"Two Afghan shopkeepers were killed. Eighteen other people were maimed," Rohullah Samoon, a front man for the provincial governor, said by phone.
The Taliban claimed that 19 Afghan and foreign soldiers were killed in the attack.
This year has been the deadliest for foreign troops since the war began in late 2001. Some 680 US-led soldiers have died so far in 2010 compared to 521 for all of 2009. Around 2,250 foreign troops have died in Afghanistan since the start of the war.
Earlier on Sunday, ISAF said one of its service members had died in a separate bomb attack in the south of the country but did not give any further details about the deadly incident.
NATO has not ruled out the possibility that friendly-fire might have caused the casualty and is investigating the incident.
The developments come as foreign forces are under criticism for causing civilian casualties in the war-torn country.
Foreign forces are often accused of killing civilians during operations launched against militants in the country.
A United Nations report says over 1,200 Afghan civilians lost their lives in the first half of 2010.
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Six Nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan
| Quote: | Six foreign soldiers have been killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says.
The incident happened on Sunday, Isaf said in a statement.
The alliance gave no further details about the attack, or the nationality of the soldiers killed.
The death toll is the highest for foreign soldiers in a single incident since six were shot dead by a renegade border policeman on 29 November.
Fighting has intensified in the south of the country as US troops have tried to push Taliban militants out of their strongholds in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
More than 670 international soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year, well above the 502 killed in the whole of 2009. |
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US-led troops death toll in '10 hits 700
| Quote: | The 2010 death toll for US-led troops in Afghanistan has hit the 700 mark after a NATO soldier was killed overnight by a roadside bomb in the war-ravaged country.
The Western military alliance said in a statement that the soldier was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the country's volatile south.
The nationally of the soldier and the exact location of the attack have been withheld.
The grim milestone for foreign troops was reached days after US President Barack Obama declared "progress" in the war in Afghanistan.
According to official figures, more than 2,270 US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion of the country.
Figures released by Afghanistan's Baakhtar News Agency, however, put the foreign troop death toll at nearly 4,500.
This year has been the deadliest for foreign troops during nine years of war in Afghanistan as foreign troops died at a rate of almost two soldiers a day. NATO has warned that foreign soldiers will face more violence in 2011.
Militancy has intensified in the eastern and southern provinces where foreign forces have lost several grounds to Taliban linked militants.
Political uncertainty and civilian causalities have increased pressure on the US and its Western allies to pull out troops from the violence-hit country.
Despite an earlier pledge by President Obama for a major drawdown of troops from Afghanistan by July 2011, American officials recently announced that US soldiers would remain in the country for at least another four years.
Washington says the transition does not mean that Afghan forces will be in charge everywhere.
As casualties have risen in Afghanistan over the past few months, public opinion in the United States and other countries has begun turning against the war.
Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans becoming more outraged over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults.
The situation has led to a rise in anti-US sentiment in Afghanistan and the rest of the Muslim world.
The invasion of Afghanistan was launched with the official objective of curbing militancy and bringing peace and stability to the country. Nine years on, however, Afghanistan remains unstable and civilians continue to pay the price.
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NATO trucks attacked in NW Pakistan
| Quote: | Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan have recently increased their attacks on NATO fuel supply trucks
Unknown militants have attacked two NATO fuel supply trucks in Khyber Agency in northwest Pakistan.
The militants targeted the NATO fuel trucks with rockets in Gatha Pashta area in Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber Agency on Monday morning, a Press TV correspondent quoted officials as saying.
According to a tribal administration official, two people were wounded in the attack.
"An oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan caught fire after militants attacked with rockets and assault rifles," tribal administration official Arshad Khan Afridi said.
No one has claimed responsibility yet but local officials blame the attack on pro-Taliban militants.
Pro-Taliban militants have destroyed hundreds of vehicles in northwestern and southwestern Pakistan over the past years.
The militants say the assaults are in retaliation for non-UN-sanctioned US drone strikes inside Pakistan's tribal belt.
Eighty percent of NATO supplies are transported to war-ravaged Afghanistan through Pakistan.
The supply line has become increasingly vulnerable to militant attacks in recent months.
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1st soldier dead in Afghanistan in '11
| Quote: | Fresh round of attacks against foreign troops in Afghanistan has taken its first toll in 2011 as a US-led soldier loses his life in attacks in southern regions of the war-torn country.
"An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today," AFP quoted a statement issued by the NATO-led ISAF on Saturday.
The coalition, however, did not identify the nationality of the victim and the exact place of the incident.
ISAF has some 140,000 troops in Afghanistan, two-thirds of which are from the United States, fighting a nine-year militancy by the Taliban.
2010 was the bloodiest year of the conflict in Afghanistan, with casualties steadily soaring among both civilians and foreign troops, mainly due to a rise in Taliban attacks.
A total of 711 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan, marking the highest annual death toll since the US-led invasion in 2001.
The increase in the number of deaths among US-led foreign troops in tandem with the heavy civilian casualties have given rise to a marked intensification of global opposition to the US-led mission in Afghanistan.
Despite the presence of some 150,000 NATO forces, the violence and daily militant attacks have not subdued in Afghanistan.
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Four US-led troops injured in Afghanistan
| Quote: | At least four US-led troops have been injured in a gun battle with Taliban in Afghanistan as militants step up attacks against foreign forces in the country.
The attack took place in the country's volatile east on Saturday. NATO troops were on a routine patrol when they came under Taliban attack in Charkh district in Logar Province.
A local interpreter for NATO troops was also injured in the attack.
A Taliban spokesman has claimed that many foreign soldiers were killed in the incident.
At least nine US-led foreign troops have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year.
At least 711 foreign soldiers were killed in 2010. NATO has already warned about more casualties in 2011.
According to official figures, more than 2,290 US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the invasion of the country nine years ago.
The increasing number of troop casualties in Afghanistan has sparked widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the continuation of the Afghan war.
Western military and diplomatic officials have reportedly admitted that US-led military offensives in Afghanistan have failed to dent Taliban power over the past years.
Civilian and foreign casualties stand at record levels despite the presence of 150,000 foreign troops and mercenaries in Afghanistan.
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US-led soldier slain in east Afghanistan
| Quote: | A US-led soldier has been killed in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, NATO has announced.
"A NATO service member died as a result of a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan today," NATO said in a brief press release issued on Saturday, without giving the name or nationality of the victim, the Associated Press reported.
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon in the arsenal of the Taliban. The militants have used IEDs in attacks against foreign troops, Afghan forces, and civilians.
The latest death brings to 10 the number of fatalities among foreign troops in Afghanistan so far this year.
2010 was the deadliest year for foreign military forces deployed in Afghanistan, with a death toll of 711. The figure eclipsed the previous record of 521 in 2009.
Hundreds of civilians have also lost their lives in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans becoming more and more outraged over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults.
And this situation is adding fuel to the fire of anti-US sentiment in Afghanistan and the rest of the Islamic world.
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20 NATO oil tankers on fire in Pakistan
The US military and NATO rely heavily on the Pakistani supply route into landlocked Afghanistan, more so now that Taliban attacks are increasing. (file photo)
| Quote: | A group of unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan have set ablaze 20 NATO tankers carrying oil to US-led soldiers stationed in war-hit Afghanistan.
According to some witnesses, unidentified armed men on Friday night opened live ammunition on tankers at a time when the drivers were inside a roadside restaurant near Dera Murad Jamali in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday.
There were no reports of casualties in the incident, but witnesses said the flames of fire spread to a nearby restaurant and a shop.
The assailants were seen fleeing the area in their cars, but no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
Witnesses have pointed to the late arrival of the police forces at the time of the attack.
According to Pakistani officials, nearly 80 percent of the fuel, spare parts, and other non-lethal supplies needed for the US-led soldiers in Afghanistan initially arrive in the southern port of Karachi from where they are transported to the neighboring Afghanistan.
NATO supply trucks in Pakistan are frequent targets of Taliban groups in the country.
The incident took place on the very same day that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met with his US counterpart Barack Obama in Washington for talks ranging from security issues to cooperation in fights against Taliban and al-Qaeda groups in war-ravaged Afghanistan.
On Wednesday, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said he sees an increase in bloodshed in Afghanistan as foreign soldiers begin to fire up their offensive against the Taliban elements.
"As difficult as it may be to accept, we must prepare ourselves for more violence and more casualties in coming months," said the senior US military commander.
"The violence will be worse in 2011 than it was in 2010 in many parts of Afghanistan," he concluded.
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| Quote: | "As difficult as it may be to accept, we must prepare ourselves for more violence and more casualties in coming months," said the senior US military commander.
"The violence will be worse in 2011 than it was in 2010 in many parts of Afghanistan," he concluded.
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US forced to pull out of Afghan base
| Quote: | The US military is withdrawing troops from one of its strategic combat outposts in the Pech Valley in eastern Afghanistan under the burden of heavy military operations by Taliban.
Pentagon officials announced on Friday that the withdrawal from the outposts in the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan-once called instrumental in the fight against the increasing militancy in the war-wracked country-- formally began on February 15 and is expected to take about two months, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday.
The officials, meanwhile, have stated that the commander of US-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, Major General John Campbell is "repositioning" forces "within the province to achieve greater effect and allow for more flexibility."
Campbell, "is moving forces around within his area of responsibility away from isolated static security outposts and more towards protecting the population in Kunar (province)," said Pentagon spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Robbins.
However, the move has prompted grave concerns among Afghan officials, who believe the shift of troops could create a military vacuum in the areas where militants are well established and may regain footing in the region, which once was vital to offensives against Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Afghan officials also fear they might not be prepared enough to protect the civilians against militant attacks, amid unremitting violence against both civilians and foreign troops in the country.
"It will be difficult for Afghans to hold these areas on their own. The terrain there is very tough," said Afghan Defense Minister Rahim Wardak.
A battalion of some 800 US troops have been deployed to the Pech Valley since 2006. More than 48 foreign troops have been killed in the war-torn country so far this year.
Last year saw a considerable spike in the number of attacks on US-led soldiers in Afghanistan with more than 710 troops killed.
A year after ordering 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan as part of a last-ditch "surge" strategy designed to defeat al-Qaeda and reverse the Taliban, US President Barack Obama conceded in December that gains were fragile and reversible.
On December 16, Obama unveiled the result of a two-month National Security Council assessment on the war in Afghanistan, claiming that Washington has been "on track" in achieving its objectives in the war-wracked country.
Obama, however, warned that US-led troops in Afghanistan continue to face an uphill battle in their mission.
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3 US-led troops killed in Afghanistan
| Quote: | Three US-led troops have lost their lives in three separate attacks in war-torn Afghanistan, says NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
ISAF said in statement on Monday that two foreign soldiers were killed in two separate bomb blasts in south and east parts of the war-ravaged country, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The third soldier lost his life during an attack carried out by Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, the report added.
NATO has not yet released the nationality of the soldiers or the exact location of the incidents.
The new casualties bring to 67 the number of US-led soldiers killed in war-wrecked Afghanistan since the start of 2011.
Last year was the deadliest of the nearly decade-long war for US-led troops in the Asian country, with more than 700 foreign soldiers killed, compared to just more than 500 in 2009.
Official figures indicate that at least 2,330 foreign soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan since the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. |
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Two US-led troops killed in Afghanistan
| Quote: | NATO has confirmed the death of two foreign soldiers in east Afghanistan's blast on Tuesday, a few hours after an Italian soldier's death brought to 68 the number of US-led forces killed in Afghanistan in 2011.
Two US-led foreign troopers lost their lives in a roadside bomb explosion in the eastern province of Kandahar on Tuesday.
The NATO report does not indicate the nationality of the troops killed in Kandahar blast.
The latest fatality brings to 70 the number of US-led forces killed in the war-wrecked country since the beginning of 2011.
Earlier on Tuesday, an Italian soldier was killed and three more were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their convoy in a region in western Herat province.
Militancy is on the rise across the war-torn country despite the presence of over 150,000 foreign forces in Afghanistan.
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Here is an example why there NATO will only get more of it's ass kicked. How many people will decide to fight NATO after this one incident in a disturbing pattern?
U.S.-led coalition admits it killed 9 Afghan boys in error
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/02/109715/us-led-coalition-admits-it-killed.html#ixzz1FXAkeIrW
| Quote: | By Hashim Shukoor | McClatchy Newspapers
KABUL, Afghanistan — Troops in attack helicopters that belong to the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan mistakenly killed nine boys Tuesday with machine-gun and rocket fire as they collected firewood, thinking that the children were Taliban insurgents, the international forces acknowledged Wednesday.
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, who heads the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, ordered all field commanders and helicopter crew members to study their orders again on when coalition aircraft can open fire on people on the ground.
The coalition said it was "deeply sorry" for the error.
The incident was sure to inflame already-raw Afghan sensitivities on civilian deaths from coalition military actions. Mohammed Bismel, a brother of two of the dead boys, told McClatchy that he thought Afghan President Hamid Karzai should resign and declare "holy war against foreign forces."
"I am happy to join it," he said.
The boys, aged 7 to 13, were collecting firewood in the Pech valley in Kunar province at 11:30 a.m. when they were targeted, said Fazlullah Wahidi, the provincial governor. Petraeus said the tragedy seemed to have resulted from a mistake in passing the location of suspected terrorists to the helicopter crew, which was responding to a rocket attack on a base in the province.
"These deaths should have never happened, and I will personally apologize to President Karzai when he returns from his trip to London this week," Petraeus said in a statement.
The coalition was investigating the killings, and it said that disciplinary action against the service members involved was possible.
"This kind of attack leaves bad effects," Wahidi said. "Whenever one civilian is killed, we lose all our achievements and the people get angry."
In a telephone interview, Bismel, who's 20, said that his brothers, aged 8 and 11, and three cousins were foraging for firewood when they were attacked. He said the area had never experienced such casualties during the Soviet invasion of the 1980s, but that 200 "innocent people" had died since the coalition invaded Afghanistan in late 2001.
Bismel said that after the incident Tuesday, coalition soldiers came to the main town in the district and said, "We have killed al Qaida." News reports said that hundreds of locals had staged a protest against the killings, with chants of "Death to America."
Last week, in a different part of Kunar province, residents and the Afghan government claimed that a coalition operation had left 65 civilians dead. The coalition says that only insurgents were killed in that incident.
Karzai, who's been openly critical of coalition actions, said in a statement that "unjustifiable operations and bombings" were daily occurrences and the coalition should focus instead on the "havens of terrorists," pointing at insurgent sanctuaries across the border in Pakistan.
"Is this the way to fight terrorism and maintain stability in Afghanistan?" he said.
Since Petraeus took command last summer, the coalition has been more aggressive in going after the Taliban. Critics say the approach puts civilians at risk.
A recent United Nations report found that insurgents caused three-quarters of civilian casualties. The Taliban have launched a vicious campaign against civilian targets in recent weeks, including bombing sports events and shopping centers.
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US-led soldier slain in Afghanistan
| Quote: | A soldier with the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has died in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan.
"An ISAF service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today," Xinhua cited a brief statement released by the military contingent on Thursday. The alliance, however, did not announce the name or nationality of the victim.
Roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon Taliban militants have used against foreign troops, Afghan forces as well as civilians.
The latest deaths bring to 72 the number of foreign troops killed in war-ravaged Afghanistan so far this year.
Last year, nonetheless, remains the deadliest year for foreign military casualties with a death toll of 711. The number eclipsed the previous record of 521, set in 2009.
Meanwhile, hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans becoming increasingly outraged over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults.
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Where are all the conservatives whining about "spending" when it comes to this big waste of money? Oh yeah, when "spending involves helping poor people it is the biggest crisis ever, when "spending" involves killing poor people they can't spend enough. Also we can interchange "poor" with racial slurs.
4 NATO trucks destroyed in Pakistan
| Quote: | Pakistani militants have attacked hundreds of NATO tankers transporting fuel for to Afghanistan in recent months.
Pakistani militants have destroyed four NATO trucks carrying war supplies to US-led forces in the neighboring Afghanistan.
A powerful bomb went off in a parking area of NATO containers in Khyber Agency in northwest pakistan on Friday morning, destroying three tankers, a Press TV correspondent reported.
In another incident, militants torched a NATO tanker in the Ganji area of Mastung district in southwestern province of Baluchistan late Thursday.
The container was on its way from Afghanistan and was going to Karachi when militants opened fire and set it ablaze.
No casualties have been reported.
The US military and NATO rely heavily on the Pakistani supply route into landlocked Afghanistan, even more so now that Taliban attacks are on the rise.
Militants in the rugged tribal area have staged violent attacks in recent months, torching hundreds of NATO vehicles and containers destined for foreign troops in Afghanistan.
In response, the Pakistani authorities have deployed large contingents of police and military forces on all major arteries in the area to curb the attacks.
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2 US-led soldiers killed in S Afghanistan
| Quote: | Two soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in southern Afghanistan in the latest spate of attacks against foreign troops in the country, reports say.
An initial statement released by ISAF on Saturday says one US-led soldier was killed by a roadside bomb and the other one lost his life in a separate incident in the volatile southern Afghanistan on Friday, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The identities of the soldiers were not released, but most of the troops stationed in southern Afghanistan are American.
Some 150,000 NATO troops are currently fighting in war-torn Afghanistan, with plans to stay in the country beyond 2014.
Last year was the deadliest of the nearly decade-long war for international troops, with more than 700 killed, compared to just more than 500 in 2009. In January, 31 American and other NATO troops were killed.
On Jan 6, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered an extra 1,400 Marines to southern Afghanistan in an attempt to fend off an anticipated spring offensive by Taliban militants returning from neighboring Pakistan.
The surge comes despite an earlier promise by US President Barack Obama to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan by July 2011.
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Keep it comming wartsttocs, you're doing a damn fine job.
I commend your efforts here.
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| Thanks, I think it is important to post these events because there is a seeming code of silence in the U.S. media regarding these events. Yet we are constantly reminded here in the U.S. that there is a "crisis" that can only be solved by slashing S.S. and Medicare, because the "spending" is just too much. |
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2 NATO tankers on fire in SW Pakistan
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Unknown gunmen have set ablaze at least two NATO oil containers in Pakistan's volatile Baluchistan province, stepping up attacks on the supplies of US-led troops based in Afghanistan.
The trucks carrying fuel for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, were heading toward Chaman bordering region from the port city of Karachi when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them in Bolan district, a Press TV corresponded reported Saturday.
Both oil tankers were destroyed during the attack, which took place some 400 kilometers southeast of the capital Quetta of Baluchistan province.
However, no casualties have been reported in the incident as the attackers were seen fleeing the scene.
No group or individual has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which came hours after a rocket killed at least six people in Jaffarabad district of Baluchistan province earlier on Saturday.
The US military and NATO rely heavily on the Pakistani supply route into landlocked Afghanistan, more so now that Taliban attacks are increasing.
Supplies arrive by sea in the southern port city of Karachi, where security analysts believe most of the Afghan Taliban leadership is now hiding. From there, they must travel in long, exposed convoys, through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan.
Militants in the rugged tribal area have staged violent attacks in recent months, torching hundreds of NATO vehicles and containers destined for foreign troops in Afghanistan.
In response, the Pakistani authorities have deployed large contingents of police and military forces on all major arteries in the area to curb the attacks.
Other routes, largely through Russia and the Central Asian states, have proved to be too costly, both politically and economically.
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Three US-led troops killed in Afghanistan
| Quote: | Separate militant bomb attacks and explosions have killed at least three US-led foreign troops and wounded several others in Afghanistan.
NATO says one soldier died in a bomb attack in the central province of Daykundi.
The provincial Governor Qurban Ali Oruzgani said that the blast occurred in the Kajran district.
Three other foreign soldiers and their translator were wounded.
Two NATO troops were killed separately in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
The deaths push to 83 the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan so far in 2011.
NATO's deaths in 2010 stood at 711, making the year the deadliest for foreign forces in Afghanistan since the start of the war.
The rising number of foreign casualties has stoked opposition to the Afghan war in the NATO member states as well as in other countries that have contributed troops to the mission.
NATO has admitted to the rising power of militants in Afghanistan despite the increasing presence of US-led forces in the country, which currently stands at 150,000.
The invasion of Afghanistan took place with the official objective of curbing militancy and bringing peace and stability to the country. Nine years on, however, Afghanistan remains unstable and civilians continue to pay the price.
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