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Roadside bomb kills three coalition service members in eastern Afghanistan

2011-09-29 05:46:43 GMT+7 (ICT)

KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- Three coalition service members were killed on Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Thursday.

ISAF said three of its service members were killed as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Afghanistan's east. As usual, the multinational force gave no other details about the incident, including the exact location.

The nationalities of the service members were also not immediately disclosed by ISAF. "It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities," a brief statement said.

Earlier on Wednesday, a soldier from New Zealand was shot and killed while Afghan officials were attempting to serve an arrest warrant in a compound southeast of Kabul which was suspected to house suicide bombers. The officials were accompanied by a number of New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS) personnel.

Also on Wednesday, one ISAF service member was killed in southern Afghanistan as a result of a non-battle related injury. ISAF gave no further information about the cause of death or his or her nationality.

Coalition casualties in Afghanistan have been rising sharply in recent years, with a total coalition death toll of 709 in 2010, making it the deadliest year for international troops since the war began in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

There are currently more than 130,000 ISAF troops in Afghanistan, including some 90,000 U.S. troops and more than 9,500 British soldiers. U.S. President Barack Obama previously ordered a drawdown of 10,000 American troops later this year, with another 23,000 U.S. troops to return home next year.

So far this year, at least 463 coalition service members have been killed in Afghanistan. Most troops are American and are killed in the country's south, which is plagued by IED attacks on troops and civilians. The deadliest incident happened last month when a U.S. helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. troops, seven Afghan troops and an Afghan interpreter.

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