Two NATO soldiers die in Afghanistan

KABUL - Two NATO soldiers were killed in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan Monday, the alliance's International Security Assistance Force said.

One was killed by "enemy hostile action" and the other died in a bomb blast, ISAF said in a statement that gave no further details.

The 40-nation force does not release the nationalities of its casualties before this is made known by their home nations.

The deaths took to 56 the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year. Most died in hostile action.

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05/19/2008 19:01 GMT