At least three US-led foreign soldiers have been killed in a bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan amid the rising death toll for NATO forces in the war-ravaged country.
NATO announced in a statement that the explosion occurred on Monday, but did not provide further information about the incident, the Associated Press reported.
The increasing number of troop casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the Afghan war.
The recent incident came in the wake of a similar bomb attack on Saturday during which two US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops were slain in southern Afghanistan.
Violence has been at its worst since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The security situation remains fragile despite the presence of about 150,000 US-led foreign forces in the Asian country.
The rising death toll of US-led foreign forces in war-torn Afghanistan has also prompted growing opposition to the Afghan war in NATO member states and other countries that have contributed troops to the military occupation.
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