NATO said the deaths occurred on Thursday — two service members
were killed when a bomb exploded in the south and a third was killed by
insurgents in the east.
The deaths raised to 48 the number of foreign troops killed
so far this month, compared with 33 in April 2010.
Before last winter set in, tens of thousands of US and NATO
reinforcements routed the Taleban from their strongholds and captured leading
figures especially in the east and south. The militants, known for their
resiliency, have responded with high-profile attacks across the nation.
An influential tribal leader and member of local government
council was assassinated Wednesday night in Paktika province in eastern
Afghanistan, according to the provincial governor’s office. Two men knocked on
the door of his home in Yahya Khel district and when he answered, one shot him
dead with a machine gun.
