Two US-led troops killed in Afghanistan

Two US-led soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan, amid a surge in militant attacks against foreign forces in the war-ravaged country.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said the soldiers were killed in separate incidents without disclosing their nationalities.

The deaths bring to 509 the number of US-led soldiers killed in Afghanistan so far this year.

The incident follows the deaths of three other soldiers on Thursday.

According to official figures, more than 2,000 US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of the country.

Figures released by the Afghan Baakhtar news agency; however, put the death toll near 4,500.

The increasing number of troop casualties in Afghanistan has sparked widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the continuation of the Afghan war.