4 US-Led Forces Killed in Afghanistan

Four NATO soldiers including two Americans have been killed in southern Afghanistan, bringing to 14 the number to have died in two days in the war-torn country.

Two US-led soldiers were killed in bomb attacks in separate places, another foreign soldier in a firefight and the fourth in a militant attack, AFP reported quoting a NATO statement.

The latest deaths occurred on Tuesday and brought to 69 the number of US-led troops to have been killed so far this month, with 43 of them American, which makes June on track of becoming one for the deadliest months for US-led forces in the Afghan war that started in 2001.
Meanwhile, ten NATO troops were killed in attacks and a helicopter crash on Monday.

NATO currently has about 130,000 soldiers in the war-torn country. The US has plans to deploy 30,000 extra troops by August.

The Number of NATO soldiers killed in the war-torn country has exceeded 283 in 2010.