Seven US-led troops die in Afghan war

Seven servicemen with the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have lost their lives in a militant attack in volatile southern Afghanistan.

The ISAF service members were killed following an attack in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, a Press TV correspondent reported on Thursday.
Roadside bombs, or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), are by far the most lethal weapon Taliban militants use against foreign troops, Afghan forces as well as civilians.
The latest deaths bring to 59 the number of fatalities among foreign troops in war-ravaged Afghanistan this month. June, nonetheless, remains the worst month for foreign military casualties with a death toll of 103. A total of 549 foreign soldiers have been killed in the Afghan war so far this year.
The American army has lost 1,307 soldiers since October 2001 when Washington unleashed the US-led invasion of Afghanistan to overthrow Taliban militants. Thousands of civilians have died and many others sustained injuries in US-led operations in Afghanistan.

Source: Press TV