The European Union is pledging an additional $2 million in food assistance to drought victims in northern Afghanistan.

The European Commission said Monday that the aid will help those in affected communities that are already weakened due to conflict, security issues and under-development.

The commission says close to 3 million people are already suffering due to the drought in northern Afghanistan and the crisis may worsen before the 2012 harvest.

So far, the EU has given more than $6 million to help some 72,000 Afghans affected by the drought.

Separately in eastern Afghanistan, police say a roadside bomb has killed at least three civilians in the Alingar district of Laghman province. Two others were wounded in Tuesday’s attack.

And NATO says two of its service members were killed on Monday in the south. One coalition soldier died in an insurgent attack, the other in a roadside bombing.