In Afghanistan, 3 more US soldiers killed

Three more American soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says in a statement.

The service members were killed on Monday, ISAF said.

“Three ISAF service members from the United States were killed this afternoon in an engagement with enemy forces in southern Afghanistan,” read the statement.

Earlier on Sunday, an improvised explosive device killed another US soldier in the war-torn country.

The US and other coalition countries have 113,000 troops in Afghanistan. Nearly 1600 foreign soldiers have died in the war-ravaged Afghanistan since the 2001 US-led invasion.

The increasing number of casualties has drastically reduced public support for the eight-year conflict, according to opinion polls in Western countries.