KABUL, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ten service members with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have lost their lives in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan since the beginning of this year. The latest casualties for the military alliance in Afghanistan were the killing of four soldiers in the restive southern region on Friday, bringing its casualties to eight since Thursday and ten since the beginning of this year.
"Four service members of International Security Assistance Force were killed in a roadside bomb in south Afghanistan today," the alliance said in a statement released here Friday.
However, it did not reveal the nationalities of the victims and the exact place of the incident.
Earlier, the military alliance inDon't see much mention of this in separate statements confirmed losing one and three service members in two separate incidents in the southern region.
"An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan today," a statement released Friday morning said.
However, it did not identify the nationality of the victim, saying it is ISAF policy to defer causality identification procedures to the relevant national authorities.
Three more soldiers were killed on Thursday, also in the southern region where Taliban militants are active, said the NATO- led ISAF in another statement confirmed.
The southern Kandahar province and the neighboring provinces of Helmand, Zabul and Uruzgan have been regarded as the hotbed of Taliban militants in the militancy-hit Afghanistan.
Taliban-linked insurgency is scaling up amid efforts for Afghan peace talks and reported readiness of Taliban outfit to open an office in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar to facilitate dialogue aimed at finding a peaceful settlement of Afghan imbroglio.
Poster Comment:
Don't see much mention of this in the Jew mainstream media of the West. As a matter of fact Jew talking heads who went crazy inciting an attack on the Taliban after 9/11 are now criticizing the decision to go to war, saying the $2-billion spent a week on it would be better used helping out the poor at home.