Bomb blast kills 5 more NATO troops in southern Afghanistan
August 11th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by BNO NewsKABUL (BNO NEWS) — A roadside bomb killed five more coalition service members in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
ISAF said five of its service members were killed as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan. As usual, the multinational force gave no other details about the incident, including the exact location.
The nationalities of the service members were also not immediately disclosed, although most of the troops in the region are American and British. “It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities,” a brief statement said.
Coalition casualties in Afghanistan have been rising sharply in recent years, with a total coalition death toll of 709 in 2010, making it the deadliest year for international troops since the war began in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
There are currently more than 132,000 ISAF troops in Afghanistan, including some 90,000 U.S. troops and more than 9,500 British soldiers. U.S. President Barack Obama previously ordered a drawdown of 10,000 American troops later this year, with another 23,000 U.S. troops to return home next year.
So far this year, at least 387 coalition service members have been killed in Afghanistan. Most troops are American and are killed in the country’s south, which is plagued by IED attacks on troops and civilians. The deadliest incident happened on Saturday when a U.S. helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. troops, seven Afghan troops and an Afghan interpreter.
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