Six US-led troops die in Afghan war

NATO confirms six more US-led forces have been killed in Afghanistan as militants step up their attacks against foreign forces in the country.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announced that three soldiers have been killed by a bomb explosion and another three died in separate attacks.

ISAF says the attacks happened in the country’s troubled south but has not yet disclosed the nationalities of the soldiers.

About 550 foreign soldiers have been killed in the Afghan war so far this year.

ISAF has also announced that one of its air weapons teams has accidentally struck a group of civilians in Ghazni province killing four and injuring three others.

The loss of civilian lives at the hand of foreign forces has led to a dramatic increase in anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan.

A recent UN report revealed that civilian deaths have jumped by 31 percent in the first half of 2010.

The recent surge in fighting between US-led coalition forces and Taliban militants has made 2010 the deadliest year for the foreign troops since the invasion of Afghanistan began in 2001.