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Nato troops die in Afghan blast Nato troops die in Afghan blast
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A roadside bomb has killed two Nato soldiers and wounded two others in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.A roadside bomb has killed two Nato soldiers and wounded two others in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
The nationality of the soldiers has not been released. The attack took place in Nuristan province, where US soldiers provide the bulk of Nato forces.The nationality of the soldiers has not been released. The attack took place in Nuristan province, where US soldiers provide the bulk of Nato forces.
On Monday, Nato said it killed 55 insurgents and wounded 20 more in the Daychopan district of Zabul Province. In Ghazni province in the south, a policeman was killed in a suicide bomb attack, ministry officials said.
Nato forces have faced increasingly stiff resistance from Taleban fighters in southern and eastern Afghanistan.Nato forces have faced increasingly stiff resistance from Taleban fighters in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
In other incidents of violence, Nato says its warplanes killed 12 insurgents in Kandahar province as "they tried to occupy firing positions on the roof of a compound". A Nato spokeswoman confirmed the troops' deaths, which happened when the vehicle they were patrolling in was hit by a roadside bomb.
The alliance also says that suspected militants have attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Nuristan, inflicting some casualties. "Two Nato soldiers were killed and two more were wounded in the incident," Flt Lt Sarah Meleady said. The injured soldiers were taken to a US military facility for treatment.
"We have reports of an attack and that there are a number of casualties," a Nato spokesman said on Tuesday. Correspondents say that Nuristan, which borders Pakistan, is a stronghold of former prime minister and militant leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Correspondents say that Nuristan is a stronghold of former prime minister and militant leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Suicide attack
On Sunday, Nato forces said they had killed 70 militants in southern Uruzgan province. In Ghazni province, a suicide bomb attack near the office of the Andar police chief killed one police officer and injured another, provincial police officials said.
The attacker tried to enter the station but was stopped by police.
"It was a suicide bombing carried out by an individual on foot," Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told French news agency AFP.
In other incidents of violence, Nato says its warplanes killed 12 insurgents in Kandahar province late on Monday as "they tried to occupy firing positions on the roof of a compound".
The same day, Nato said it killed 55 insurgents and wounded 20 more in the Daychopan district of Zabul Province.
Two other Nato soldiers have been killed in recent days, one in Zabul on Monday and one in Uruzgan on Saturday.
Nato commands some 31,000 international troops in Afghanistan.