Five NATO-led soldiers, three Afghan civilians, two Afghan police officers and five Taliban militants were killed in the latest series of blasts and clashes in Afghanistan, while a sixth NATO soldier died in a traffic accident, dpa cited officials as saying today. In the latest incident, four NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in eastern region of the country, the alliance said in a statement. The statement did not disclose the nationalities of the soldiers, nor say where exactly in eastern region the incident took place. Meanwhile, a French soldier was killed in a Taliban attack in an area east of Kabul city on Saturday, French Defence Ministry and NATO military in Kabul said. The sixth NATO fatality was a German soldier, who was killed in a traffic accident in northern Afghanistan, the German Defence Ministry said. A British soldier was also killed in an insurgent attack in southern province of Helmand on Saturday, bringing the total number of NATO fatalities to seven in the past two days.
