Three NATO service members died in separate attacks, and a patrol of Afghan and international forces killed more than 10 insurgents during a raid on a major narcotics laboratory in southern Afghanistan, AP quoted NATO as saying Sunday. The alliance said one service member died in an insurgent attack on Saturday, while the other two were killed by bombs on Sunday. All three died in the south of the country. NATO statements did not provide further details on the attacks or the nationalities of the killed service members. The deaths raise the number of international troops killed in September to 24. A total of 429 members of the international military coalition have died so far this year.
