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Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan Editor's Note: Readers are advised that the following news sources are Pro-NATO, that's why they use hostile, derogatory or inaccurate terminology (such as rebels, insurgents, militants, and terrorists) when they refer to Taliban fighters, who resist the NATO occupation forces. Two NATO soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Two NATO soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military said, bringing to 595 the number of foreign troops to die in the Afghan conflict so far this year. NATO did not release the nationalities of the soldiers, announcing separately that one was killed in "an insurgent attack" and the second in an "improvised explosive device (IED) explosion". This year's toll is the worst on record and compares to 521 in 2009, according to an AFP tally based on the independent icasualties.org website. Separately, the alliance said that air strikes killed a Taliban "military leader" and 15 other insurgents in northern province Baghlan on Sunday. NATO added that Afghani and NATO forces killed "numerous insurgents" on Monday in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, the Taliban's spiritual powerbase and one of the deadliest battlefields in the south. The US and NATO have more than 150,000 troops in Afghanistan fighting a nine-year Taliban-led insurgency (resistance to NATO forces) aimed at toppling the country's Western-backed government. The rebels (Taliban fighters) have stepped up attacks every year since the Taliban regime collapsed following the late 2001 US-led invasion. Insurgents kill eight security guards Published: Oct. 18, 2010 at 9:14 AM Eight guards working for a private security company were killed in a clash with insurgents in Afghanistan, officials said. Three other guards were wounded. The fighting occurred Sunday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand
province, CNN reported Monday. Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration has called for the
dissolution of virtually all private security firms operating in the
country. He said exceptions are firms protecting embassies and foreign
diplomats, the report said. He ordered that 52 private security firms operating in Afghanistan be
phased out by the end of 2010.The U.S. State Department said if the plan
is implemented it will leave critical aid personnel unprotected and
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