KABUL, homemade bomb killed two soldiers returned in the NATO southern Afghanistan. Parties NATO said Monday (8/2/2010), with the addition of the latest victim, the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of this year to 61 people.Two Swedish soldiers and an Afghan interpreter was also killed, Sunday, when they attacked a patrol near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan. Thus Swedish armed forces in the announcement.
Year 2009 be the year with the most casualties from the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001 after the U.S. invasion. There are 520 foreign soldiers lose their life. The number of casualties in 2008 reached 295 people.More than 110,000 international troops under the command of NATO and the U.S. was in Afghanistan to combat Taliban insurgents. Further, 40,000 more soldiers will arrive as a part of the contract strategy that aims uprising to stop war.
Thousands of NATO and Afghan troops are preparing to launch a massive operation against the Taliban in their largest base in Helman province, southern Afghanistan.General Stanley McChrystal of the U.S. led foreign troops in Afghanistan, Sunday, said that the goal is to paralyze the operation and control of the Taliban threat Maja areas in central Helmand River valley.
