AlQa'dah 17, 1434, Sep 23, 2013, SPA -- Authorities in Romania said two of their soldiers serving with NATO died in a roadside bombing in the east of Afghanistan, AP reported. In Bucharest, the defense ministry said two Romanian soldiers died after stepping on an improvised explosive device during a patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday. The two were transported by helicopter to a military hospital at Bagram where they died of their injuries later in the day. Defense Minister Mircea Dusa said in televised comments Monday that other soldiers were killed in the explosion but provided no further details. Romania has 1,029 troops serving in the NATO mission in Afghanistan; 22 have been killed. In Kabul, NATO only said that a roadside bombing killed two international service members in the east on Sunday but gave no details on their nationality or mention any other troops dying in the attack. This incident brings the number of NATO troops killed this month to seven, while 122 have been killed so far this year, 92 of them U.S. soldiers.
