Two NATO Troops Killed In Afghan Attack

Two NATO soldiers have been killed in a suspected militant rocket attack in eastern Afghanistan.

An Afghan official told the AFP news agency that six other soldiers serving with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force were wounded in the attack on their base in Nari district of eastern Kunar Province.

The NATO-led force has confirmed that two service members were killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan.

The nationalities of the soldiers were not immediately available.

The latest attack came a day after gunmen dressed in Afghan police uniforms and wearing suicide explosives vests stormed a government compound in the southwestern province of Farah, killing seven people and wounding 12 others.

So far this year, 154 NATO members have been reported killed in the Afghan conflict.

Based on reporting by AFP and AP