NATO says 3 service members killed in insurgent attacks in Afghanistan

KABUL - Three NATO service members died Thursday in southern and eastern Afghanistan, where international forces are pushing hard against insurgent strongholds in the war that is in its tenth year.
Taliban militants killed one NATO service member in eastern Afghanistan, where international forces are pressuring midlevel Taliban commanders operating along the Pakistan border. Militants often cross over the border into mountainous eastern Afghanistan from bases in neighbouring Pakistan.
Two other coalition service members died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, NATO said.
The coalition did not provide details of the attack or give the service members' nationalities.
The deaths bring the total number of NATO soldiers killed this year to 612.
Also in the east, the coalition said it killed several militants in an airstrike Wednesday night in Khost province.
Gen. Raz Mohammad Oryakhail, an Afghan National Army commander in Khost province, said the strike occurred after two militants were seen planting a roadside bomb while three others stood watch about 11 p.m. in Mando Zayi district. He said all five militants were killed.
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