Kabul, March 31: A car bomb attack has wounded at least four French soldiers in Afghanistan as militants step up their attacks against foreign forces in the country.
Afghan police officials say the bomb struck the soldiers’ patrol in the province of Kapisa, a correspondent reported on Wednesday.
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the incident but say the attack has killed 13 soldiers. They say four Afghan civilians have also been injured.
Earlier, a separate Taliban attack killed two NATO soldiers in eastern Afghanistan.
There are also reports that a US drone has crashed in the eastern Paktia Province. The cause of the accident is still unknown.
At least 103 US-led foreign troops have died in Afghanistan this year.
The death toll of the US-led forces in 2010 stood at 711, making the year the deadliest for foreign forces in Afghanistan since the start of the war.
The rising number of foreign casualties has stoked opposition to the Afghan war in the NATO member states as well as in other countries that have contributed troops to the mission.
Currently, there are around 150,000 foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan.
——–Agencies