Afghanistan/Terrorism: two NATO soldiers killed in roadside bombing

A roadside bomb killed two International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers in southern Afghanistan, NATO stated on Monday. However, the statement did not reveal the nationalities of the soldiers nor the location where the attack took place.

In a separate incident on Sunday, two Swedish soldiers and an Afghan interpreter have been killed when suspected terrorists ambushed their convoy near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. It also confirmed that another Swedish soldier was also wounded in the attack and was admitted to a field hospital located at Camp Marmal, home of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Regional Command for the north of Afghanistan.

No group has claimed responsibility for any of these attacks so far. According to AFP news agency, the latest casualties took to 61 the number of the foreign troops killed in Afghanistan since January this year.