2 US-led soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Kabul, July 08: Two more U-S-led soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan amid a surge in militant attacks in the war-torn country.

A US soldier died in a rocket attack in the eastern province of Kunar. Two more American troops were injured in the incident.

The other death was caused by a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan.

The Hezb-i-Islami group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The death brings the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan so far this year to 341.

Elsewhere, a roadside bomb blast ripped through a UN vehicle in the heart of the country, killing three people on board.

The victims were all UN staff. No one has claimed has claimed responsibility for that attack.

—-Agencies