Three service-members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have died in war-torn Afghanistan.
While "two U.S. Forces-Afghanistan service members died following an insurgent attack in Ghazni province" on Saturday, the other NATO soldier died of a non-combat injury in the country's south, the ISAF said in separate statements on Sunday.
ISAF did not reveal the identities of the deceased on both cases, citing its policy of not disclosing details until the home country of the victims does so.
It is now estimated that more than 290 ISAF soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of this year, mostly in roadside bomb attacks using IEDs (improvised explosive devices).
Most of the ISAF casualties were from southern Afghanistan, where the foreign coalition was attempting to retain control over the territories captured from Taliban militants over the past two years.
Currently, there are over 130,000 foreign troops from more than 42 countries under the joint command of the NATO and the United States in Afghanistan fighting Taliban insurgency and training Afghan security forces.
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