13 May 2012

Four soldiers in NATO-led force die in Afghanistan

3:23 pm on 13 May 2012

Four soldiers serving with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan have been killed.

Two were killed in an insurgent attack in the south of the country.

A third soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, and the fourth died from an unspecified non-battle-related injury.

None of the soldiers killed was identified, either by name or country of origin.

Nineteen soldiers from the NATO-led force have died so far this month in Afghanistan.

More than 2990 troops from the coalition force, including some 1959 Americans, have died in Afghanistan since the US-led military intervention began in 2001.