Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghan blast

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IANS Kabul
Last Updated : May 01 2013 | 5:35 AM IST

Three NATO soldiers were killed Tuesday in a blast in restive southern Afghanistan, the military alliance said in a statement.

"Three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members died following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan today," reported XInhua citing NATO-led ISAF in the statement.

It however did not reveal the nationalities of the victims and the exact location of the incident following the ISAF policy.

About 100,000 NATO-led forces, with nearly 66,000 of them Americans are deployed in Afghanistan.

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First Published: May 01 2013 | 5:24 AM IST