NATO says three soldiers killed in Afghanistan

– Wed Nov 10, 2:46 am ET

KABUL (AFP) –

Three foreign soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in separate statements on Wednesday.

One soldier was killed in an insurgent attack on Wednesday while the second died as a result of an IED on Tuesday. Both happened in the militant-hit south of the country.

The third soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday.

No further details were released in line with ISAF policy.

The deaths bring to 633 the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year, according to an AFP count based on the independent icasualties.org web site, which tracks coalition fatalities.

NATO and the United States have more than 150,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan to fight the insurgency, led by Taliban fighters, who have stretched their presence to most parts of the country.

Afghanistan: 10 killed, including 3 NATO troops

By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press –

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan –

A string of attacks across Afghanistan has killed 10, including three NATO service members and five Afghan policemen, officials said Wednesday.

A suicide bomber blew himself up Wednesday afternoon at a bazaar in Khost province in the country's east, killing a policeman and an Afghan soldier, provincial police chief Abdul Hakim Eshaqzai said. Four others were injured in the attack in the Dwa Mandala district.

Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the insurgent (resistance) group was responsible for the attack, which targeted foreigners. He said 14 people were killed and nine others were wounded, but the Taliban regularly exaggerate casualties caused by their attacks.

In the north, four policemen were killed in an ambush Tuesday night as they were driving through Imam Sahib district along the border with Tajikistan, said Muhbobullah Sayedi, a spokesman for the governor Kunduz province. Violence is on the rise in northern Afghanistan, where pockets of Taliban insurgents are increasingly targeting government workers.

NATO on Wednesday confirmed the deaths of three coalition service members. Two died in the south — one in a bomb blast Tuesday and another during an insurgent attack on Wednesday. The third coalition service member died Wednesday in fighting in the east.

So far this year, 625 U.S. and international troops have died in Afghanistan, according to a count by The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, at least one de-miner was killed and another was wounded Wednesday morning in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province when the de-mining team's vehicle hit a roadside bomb, officials from the province said.