Friday, March 5, 2010
Two NATO soldiers die in Afghanistan
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KABUL: NATO announced the deaths of two more soldiers fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan's volatile south, bringing the number of foreign troops to die in the war so far this year to 111.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said one soldier died in a bomb strike on Thursday, the other in a vehicle accident. Their nationalities were not disclosed.
A foreign news agency count based on a tally kept by the independent icasualties.org website puts the total deaths in Afghanistan of foreign soldiers at 111 in 2010.
This compares with around 50 at the same time last year, when a total of 519 foreign troops died in the war, which is now in its ninth year.
There are 121,000 US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, being boosted to 150,000 over coming months to battle militants whose Taliban-led insurgency is concentrated in southern provinces, mainly Helmand and Kandahar.
The alliance has laid out plans to eradicate insurgents over the coming 12-18 months so foreign troops can begin to withdraw.
The first test of this counter-insurgency plan is being rolled out in Helmand, where 15,000 US-led troops launched Operation Mushtarak on February 13 to capture the areas of Marjah and Nad Ali from the Taliban and drug lords.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said one soldier died in a bomb strike on Thursday, the other in a vehicle accident. Their nationalities were not disclosed.
A foreign news agency count based on a tally kept by the independent icasualties.org website puts the total deaths in Afghanistan of foreign soldiers at 111 in 2010.
This compares with around 50 at the same time last year, when a total of 519 foreign troops died in the war, which is now in its ninth year.
There are 121,000 US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, being boosted to 150,000 over coming months to battle militants whose Taliban-led insurgency is concentrated in southern provinces, mainly Helmand and Kandahar.
The alliance has laid out plans to eradicate insurgents over the coming 12-18 months so foreign troops can begin to withdraw.
The first test of this counter-insurgency plan is being rolled out in Helmand, where 15,000 US-led troops launched Operation Mushtarak on February 13 to capture the areas of Marjah and Nad Ali from the Taliban and drug lords.
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