2 US-led soldiers killed in Afghanistan

A bomb attack has left at least two US-led soldiers dead in southern Afghanistan, says NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

The soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device or IED on Friday, AFP reported.

“Two ISAF service members died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan yesterday,” the western alliance said in a statement.

Friday’s casualties put the death toll of foreigner troops killed in Afghanistan to 373 since the start of this year.

Meanwhile, some 2,000 US troops were injured in Afghanistan during the first half of 2010.

According to Pentagon figures, that is four times the number of US troopers wounded in the same period last year.

This year is already on track to be the deadliest year for US-led troops in Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.

Some 140,000 US-led troops are currently stationed in Afghanistan. A further 10,000 are expected to be deployed there in the coming weeks.