Two US-led soldiers serving with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.
The ISAF said in a Monday statement that the foreign troopers lost their lives on Monday after they hit an improvised explosive device (IED).
The military force did not reveal the nationality of the soldiers or the exact location of the incident. However, most of the foreign troops in the eastern part of the war-torn country are American.
According to the icasualties.org website, at least 120 US-led troops have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year.
The rising number of military casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other members of the Western military alliance of NATO, undermining public support for the US-led war.
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Poster Comment:
120 in four months; that's 30 a month or one a day. Leaves grunts wondering who's next; probably that's what driving them crazy,