Sabtu, 20 Februari 2010

Six NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Kabul: NATO on Friday announced the deaths of two more soldiers were killed in a barrage of big in southern Afghanistan, so the six soldiers killed in battle one day. Appropriate policies, the soldiers nationality were not revealed, so a brief statement the Foreign Security Assistance Force (ISAF) led North Atlantic defense alliance NATO.

"Two members of the ISAF killed in the Joint Movement in southern Afghanistan," he said, referring to the onslaught in the garden opiun in Helmand province, which began a week ago. One member killed by gunfire and another handful have died after a similar incident a separate place.

ISAF spokeswoman, Sergeant Jeff Loftin, ensure NATO troops on Thursday killed six people. ISAF on Thursday night to report the deaths of four foreign soldiers in the afternoon, the three landmines planted by Taliban militants in abundance in different regions goals and one by gunfire.

Since the invasion the United States in 2001, a total of 1654 foreign troops killed in Afghanistan, with military superpowers in the first order as many as 996 people, followed by 263 British and Canadian people 140 people. United States and NATO have more than 120,000 troops in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, will reach 150,000 in next August with additional troops on the orders of the United States President Barack Obama.

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