Three NATO soldiers among 11 killed in Afghanistan - Summary

DPA, Tuesday, 04 May 2010, 13:22:18 GMT

Kabul -

Three NATO soldiers were killed in incidents in southern Afghanistan, while Afghan and coalition troops killed five Taliban fighters in the central region, officials said Tuesday.

Taliban fighters in the northern province of Kunduz also killed three men suspected of spying for the government, officials said.

One NATO soldier died in a vehicle accident, while two others were killed by separate roadside bombs, the alliance said. All the three soldiers were killed on Monday in the volatile southern region.

The Canadian Defence Ministry identified one of the victims as Craig Blake, stationed in the Panjwayee district of the southern province of Kandahar when the incident occurred.

Blake was killed by a bomb about 25 kilometres south-east of Kandahar city, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

NATO did not reveal the nationalities of the other two soldiers. Most of the foreign troops stationed in the southern provinces are from the US, Britain and the Netherlands.

A total of 176 NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this year, according to ICasualties.org, an independent website that tracks military casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Most of the soldiers who have died so far this year were killed by roadside bombs, according to NATO officials.

Elsewhere, four Afghan soldiers were injured in a mine explosion in Andar district of southern province of Ghazni on Monday, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

   Afghan and NATO troops said they killed five Taliban fighters in Gizab district of central province of Daikundi on Monday.

The group was allegedly involved in roadside attacks in the district, the military said.

Mahboubullah Mahboub, Kunduz provincial government spokesman, said the men executed by Taliban for spying were "innocent" and had no connection with authorities.

Mahlem Juma Khan, governor for the Emam Saheb district where the killings occurred, said the insurgents had found a phone number for a police official in one of the men's mobile contact list.

Third NATO troop killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours

Tue May 4, 6:55 am ET

KABUL (AFP) –

A third NATO soldier was killed in 24 hours in southern Afghanistan when a bomb exploded, the military said Tuesday.

The US-led International Security Assistance Force announced the death after British defence officials said two British soldiers from the same regiment were killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday in separate incidents.

It did not reveal the third soldier's nationality, in line with ISAF policy.

The death brings to 178 the number of foreign soldiers who have died this year as a result of the war in Afghanistan, according to an AFP count based on the independent icasualties.org website.

A total of 520 foreign soldiers died in 2009 in Afghanistan, which is in the grip of a bloody insurgency waged by remnants of the Taliban since they were ousted from power in a US-led invasion in 2001.

NATO and the United States are throwing thousands of extra troops into Afghanistan, where their deployment is to peak at 150,000 in August under a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict.

Most of the extra troops are deploying in the south, the heartland of the insurgency, with particular attention paid to the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand.

More than two thirds of the international force are from the United States.

Blasts in Marjah kill 3, wound 2 American soldiers

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 18:57 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

HELMAND, May 04 -

 At least three American soldiers were killed and two injured with two of their trained mine clreaing dogs killed in mine blast while they were on mine clearing mission in the Marjah district of Helmand, on Tuesday, May 04, 2010.
In another news, Mujahideen, in a one-hour long gun battle with Americans caused them to flee from the area after having deadly losses, but it is not clear how many took losses of life and injuries.

Two US-NATO tanks left wrecked in Helmand

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 18:56 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

 HELMAND, May  04  -

 Two of the US-NATO tanks were destroyed in separate bombing and in Mujahideen attack in Helmand's provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, and in Nad Ali district on Monday (May 03), Mujahideen officials said.

More than three foreign soldiers were killed and another three got drowned in the water as their tank was hit by Mujhideen rockets and fell into the river in Nad Ali district of Helmand.

Three US military vehicles destroyed in Mujahideen attack in wardag

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 18:55 Zabihullah Mujahid

WARDAG, May 04 -

Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate, in an attack on the US patrol in Wardag's Sayedabad district targeted three of their vehicles, killing our wounding all the soldiers on board, while it is not determined how many have been killed or injured.

Mujahideen kill 8 policemen in Zabul

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 18:55 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

ZABUL, May 04 -

At least 8 local policemen were killed on Monday (May 03) as their patrol came under Mujahideen's ambush attack in Zabul's Arghandab district.

In another news from this province, an American soldier got shot and killed by Mujahideen outside a US military base in this district yesterday night.

Bombings in Kandahar cause US deadly losses

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 17:54 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

KANDAHAR, May 04 -

A Mujahideen's homemade bomb attack in Kandahar's Dandu district ripped through a group American soldiers outside their military base, killing at least 4 American troops with wounding some on Monday.

Also Monday, a landmine tore through a group of American soldiers while on a patrol in the  Panjwaii district of Kandahar province,  nevertheless, there are no details on how many have been killed or wounded in the blast, where as locals saw helicopter landing in the area

Kandahar airbase struck by missiles

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 17:52 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

KANDAHAR, May 04 -

The Kandahar airbase, the second largest base of the US and British troops in the country, came under missile strikes on Monday (May 03) Mujahideen officials said.

According to the report from Kandahar city, the attack came as  some of the U.S aircrafts were about to land, while two missiles struck the airfield but it is not clear whether any one has been killed or injured.

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