Kabul: Two troopers of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in two separate attacks in southeastern and northern Afghanistan.
Polish soldier Corporal Jaroslaw Mackowiak was killed and two other Polish soldiers were injured on Thursday, when unknown assailants fired anti-tank grenades and small arms at them when they were on routine patrol in Ghazni province, a foreign news agency reported.
The latest incident brings the death toll for Polish soldiers deputed in Afghanistan to 27. There are currently about 2,600 Polish troops in the Central Asian country.
Meanwhile, A German soldier died early Thursday as the armored personnel vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) outside the city of Kunduz. Five other German soldiers were injured in the blast with two of them in serious condition.
The latest death brings to 53 the number of German soldiers killed in Afghanistan since October 2001, when the US-led invasion of the country began.
At least 222 foreign troops have been killed in the war torn Afghanistan so far this year.
Last year, was the deadliest year for foreign militaries since 2001, with a number of death tolls of 711. The number eclipsed the previous record of 521, set in 2009.
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