Kabul: Four US-led NATO troops have been killed in war-torn Afghanistan within last 24 hours, as the death toll of Western troops continues to rise in the troubled country.
Two soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan’s east and south last night, while NATO later announced the death of yet another foreign soldier in the country’s troubled south.
The US-led Western military alliance did not release further details regarding the casualties.
Meanwhile, a roadside bomb also killed one Polish soldier hours later, bringing the total of Polish casualties since 2002 to 31.
Poland’s Defense Ministry said in a Monday statement that private 1st Class Mariusz Deptula died in a field hospital at a Polish base after sustaining injuries late Sunday when an improvised explosive device hit his unit’s vehicle in Ghazni Province.
According to official figures, more than 2,774 US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the invasion of the country in 2001.
The increasing number of military casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other NATO countries, undermining the already declining public support for the Afghan war.
The security situation continues to deteriorate in Afghanistan despite the presence of nearly 150,000 US-led forces in the war-torn country.
The US-led war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record high, has become the longest military conflict in US history.
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