10 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan in single day

Two NATO soldiers have died in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, the international alliance said Saturday.The soldiers, part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), were killed Friday by an improvised explosive device or IED, a weapon blamed for the majority of casualties among foreign forces."Two ISAF servicemembers died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan yesterday," it said. The nationalities of the soldiers was not disclosed.

Four US soldiers serving under NATO's International Security Assistance Force have been killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement Monday.The soldiers died "following an improvised explosive device strike" in the south on Sunday, the ISAF statement said without giving further details.

A bomb attack killed four foreign soldiers from NATO's US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the military said."Four International Security Assistance Force service members died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan today," a statement said.ISAF does not give details of the nationalities of dead soldiers or how fatal incidents happen, leaving that to officials from the relevant country.

A bomb blast in Afghanistan's restive south killed two NATO soldiers, hours after the death of an American trooper in a separate attack, a statement said Saturday."Two ISAF service members were killed in southern Afghanistan as a result of an IED strike yesterday," said a statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force, referring to an improvised explosive device.ISAF did not give their nationalities.

NATO on Sunday reported another foreign soldier killed fighting in the Afghan war as the death toll for what is already a record month climbed higher.The death following a Taliban-style attack using a crude bomb known as an improvised explosive device (IED) happened Saturday in southern Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.It comes after NATO reported Saturday that five soldiers were killed in similar attacks in the volatile south, bringing the total for the day to six.

A civilian was among three Americans killed in Afghanistan in an incident still under investigation, NATO said Saturday.A brief statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), released late Friday, said the deaths occurred in eastern Afghanistan earlier in the day."Two US servicemembers and one US employee were killed today in eastern Afghanistan," it said.An ISAF spokesman confirmed to AFP the "employee" was an American civilian but said no further information was available on what happened or where.

Two foreign soldiers battling the Taliban in southern Afghanistan were killed Sunday in a bomb attack, NATO said.The deaths bring to 536 the number of foreign troops to die in the Afghan war so far this year, compared to 521 for all of 2009, according to an AFP tally based on that kept by icasualties.org.NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the soldiers "died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan," referring to roadside and remote-control bombs laid by the Taliban.

Five US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, NATO said, as the number of Americans to die in the war in the past four days climbed to 22.Four soldiers were killed in eastern Afghanistan in a Taliban-style bomb attack, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.The fifth died in an insurgent attack in the south of the country, where the insurgency is at its fiercest, it said in a separate statement.A spokesman confirmed to AFP that all the dead were Americans.