Five foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan

At least three US soldiers and two NATO troopers have been killed in southern Afghanistan, says the NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

The military alliance confirmed the casualties on Saturday without giving the nationalities of the two NATO soldiers.

One NATO soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack, while another died of small arms fire, the alliance said in a statement.

In an earlier statement, the ISAF had announced that three US soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on Saturday.

Meanwhile, a US military convoy was targeted in the city of Kandahar, leaving one foreign soldier and one Afghan civilian dead.

Three other international troops and four Afghan soldiers were also wounded in the attack.

More than 110,000 international troops are currently in Afghanistan, and another 40,000 are ready to be deployed in the war-torn country.