Two US-led troops killed in Afghan war

Two NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan amid a significant increase in the number of assaults on Western troops stationed in the country.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Sunday that the soldiers lost their life following a militant attack in eastern Afghanistan, DPA reported.

ISAF did not reveal the nationality of the soldier. However, the majority of the troops deployed in Afghanistan are American.

The latest deaths bring the number of US-led foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan this year to at least 625.

The figure is the highest annual toll since the start of the US-led invasion of the country nearly nine years ago.

The developments come at a time when the US and its allies have stepped up a bombing campaign in troubled southern Afghanistan.

Tens of thousands of Afghan and foreign troops have recently launched an operation in Kandahar Province to flush out the Taliban.

The United States and NATO have more than 150,000 troops deployed in the war-torn country.