Five foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Five foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Five soldiers who joined Afghanistan invasion were killed on Sunday, including three in a clash with fighters in the east, the coalition said, one of the worst daily tolls in a month.

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) gave no other details about the incident in Afghanistan's east, including the nationality of those killed. The majority of troops in the east are American.
Earlier, ISAF said two of its soldiers had been killed in separate explosions in the south.
Also Sunday, the Afghan president's office said the former ambassador-designate to Pakistan, who was seized by gunmen two years ago in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, has been released and is back home safe.
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US soldiers walk near the former Afghan Royal Palace in Kabul on November 12, 2010.
Agencies

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