Kabul: At least two Nato soldiers were killed in separate incidents across Afghanistan, media reported on Sunday.
According to reports a Nato service member was shot to death by a gunman in an Afghan army uniform Sunday in southern Afghanistan, the allied command in Kabul reported.
The attacker was killed by coalition forces who returned fire, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force reported. An investigation was under way, ISAF said, and no further details were immediately released.
In a separate attack, a roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan, killing one American and wounding two, a Western official said.
US department of Defence announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Thomas K. Fogarty, 30, of Alameda, Calif., died May 6, in Ahmad-Kheyl, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
The bombing happened about 10 km (6 miles) south of an outpost in Paktia province, near the Pakistani border, the official said.
More than 1,900 Americans and another 1,000-plus allied troops have died in the 10-year-old conflict to date.
The current year has seen a number of attacks on coalition forces by Afghan forces or by insurgents who have disguised themselves as Afghan troops, fueling distrust at a critical period of the conflict.
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