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Kabul (AFP) March 2, 2010 Six NATO soldiers were killed while fighting against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Monday, making it one of the worst days for the international alliance this year, NATO said. A brief announcement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) overnight said two foreign soldiers were killed Monday, one by a bomb attack in the south and another in an attack in the east. ISAF had previously announced four other deaths on Monday, including one in a suicide bomb attack in the southern province of Kandahar. The toll fell short of the seven soldiers that independent website icasulties.org reported killed on January 11, making it one of the worst days of the year for international forces in Afghanistan. An ISAF spokesman, Sergeant Kevin Bell, confirmed the death in the south was a British soldier, previously announced by London's defence ministry. The nationalities of the other soldiers have not been released. The latest deaths bring to 107 the number of foreign soldiers who have died in Afghanistan so far this year, according to an AFP count based on a tally kept by icasualties.org. Foreign troop deaths this year have shot well above the level for the first two months of 2009. Last year was the deadliest since the 2001 US-led invasion brought down the Taliban regime, with 519 foreign troop deaths. US Marines are currently leading a force of 15,000 NATO and Afghan troops in the southern province of Helmand against Taliban strongholds, with plans to expand operations to Kandahar in a campaign lasting 12-18 months.
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