Two NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Monday in separate attacks, USA TODAY reported.
A statement released by the U.S.-led group said the first soldier was killed by enemy fire in the east and the second died in an attack in the south. They did not provide further details on the nationalities of the troops.
"Due to operational security, it is ISAF policy not to discuss wounded ISAF personnel or the province where the incident happened," a coalition spokesperson said when asked for details and whether any attackers had been killed. "At this moment, we have no operational reporting regarding enemy forces killed."
Hours later, they announced the death of the second soldier.
In December alone, a total of nine NATO soldiers have been killed in attacks. Last Tuesday, six U.S. troops were killed after their Black Hawk UH-60 went down during a mission in Kabul.
As the U.S. and other foreign forces begin to pull their troops out entirely by 2014, Afghan forces have waged attacks as a way to regain territory.
"Afghan forces have launched a military operation in Alingar district of Laghman province, but there is no further details about the circumstances of the operation," said Sarhadi Zowak, spokesman for the governor of Laghman province.
On Monday morning, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the death of two American troops.
"Early this morning, the American soldiers wanted to attack the Mujahidin. They faced heavy ambushes by the Mujahidin. As a result, two American soldiers were killed," the statement said.
There are currently 84,000 foreign troops deployed in Afghanistan, including 60,000 from the United States and 7,900 from England.
