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NATO Hit by 13 Deaths in 24 Hours in Afghanistan

08 June 2010 18:18 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. NATO says three more soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, just one day after 10 service members died in a string of attacks across the country, APA reports quoting voanews.com website.

The alliance says a bomb killed two of its soldiers Tuesday in southern Afghanistan. Small-arms fire killed another in the region.

In Monday’s violence, seven American, one French and two Australian soldiers were killed in separate attacks in the south and east of the country. It was the deadliest day so far this year for international forces in Afghanistan.

Two civilian police trainers -- one American and the other Nepalese -- were also killed Monday in a Taliban suicide attack on a police training center in the southern city of Kandahar.

Taliban militants have increased their attacks as NATO prepares for a major operation to drive the group from their stronghold in southern Kandahar province.