Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan south

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan south

Fri Apr 20, 8:51 AM ET

KABUL (Reuters) - Two NATO soldiers have been killed in separate
blasts in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Friday.

The defense ministry in Amsterdam said one of the dead was a Dutch
soldier -- the first combat casualty in the country -- who died after
stepping on a land mine in Helmand province, the main opium producing
area in the world's largest producer.

In line with a new NATO policy, the alliance statement did not identify
the nationality of the second victim -- such announcements are left
to the home country of casualties.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070420/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc

[maddezmom]

1. FACTBOX

April 20 (Reuters) - Two NATO soldiers have been killed in separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Friday.

The defence ministry in Amsterdam said one of the dead was a Dutch soldier. Five Dutch soldiers died in Afghanistan in 2006.

Here are the latest figures for foreign military deaths in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:
more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20277904.htm