Three foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 21, AFP Three foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have been killed in separate attacks, while a woman and two children were killed in an operation against insurgents with Al-Qaeda links, NATO said Saturday.

The dead soldiers’ identities were not revealed, in accordance with NATO policy. Statements from the alliance said two soldiers died in separate insurgent attacks in southern Afghanistan, where the Taliban-led insurgency is concentrated. One died on Friday, the other on Saturday, it said.A third died Saturday, a separate statement said, following a Taliban-style bomb attack.The deaths bring to 446 the number of foreign soldiers killed fighting in Afghanistan this year, according to an AFP tally based on that kept by the icasualties.org website.