3 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan

Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 5:10 pm (UTC-5)
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NATO says three of its service members died Wednesday in two separate incidents in eastern Afghanistan.

A NATO statement says two troops were killed in a bomb blast and the third died from a non-battle injury. The coalition did not provide any other details.

In other violence, Afghan and coalition security forces killed or captured a number of insurgents across the country.

In northern Kunduz province, a joint force killed two insurgents Tuesday while searching for an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator responsible for coordinating suicide attacks throughout the province.

In southern Zabul, Kandahar and Helmand provinces, combined Afghan and NATO forces detained several suspected insurgents during clearance operations and discovered a drug cache containing 100 kilograms of marijuana.

And in eastern Paktia province, a joint patrol capture a Haqqani network leader. The network is affiliated with al-Qaida and the Taliban.