Four NATO Soldiers Killed in Southern Afghanistan

British forces have been betrayed in Afghanistan Photo: PA

By VOA News

Officials with the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan say improvised bomb explosions killed four NATO soldiers in the southern part of the country Saturday.

NATO did not release the nationalities of the soldiers nor specify whether the explosions were roadside bombs or suicide attacks.

The alliance also says an additional NATO soldier died Friday from wounds received last month.



Meanwhile, Afghan officials say coalition forces and local police killed 12 suspected militants during overnight operations in southern Uruzgan province Saturday.

Officials say the clashes took place hours after fighting in the area left some 19 militants dead.

Elsewhere, four police officers were killed by a roadside bomb in the Charkh district of Logar province. Two Afghan police officers also were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Helmand province.

The deaths come as British and U.S. troops continue an offensive in Helmand aimed at rooting out Taliban insurgents from their traditional strongholds in the area.