Blasts kill 2 NATO soldiers in eastern Afghanistan

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Source: Reuters

Blasts kill 2 NATO soldiers in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, April 13 (Reuters) - Two NATO soldiers have been killed in separate roadside bomb blasts in eastern Afghanistan, bringing the number of foreign troop casualties this week to 11 -- one of the bloodiest weeks for Western forces in months.

The deaths came the same day as a helicopter chartered by the U.S.-led coalition crash-landed due to technical problems southwest of Kabul, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday.

Rescuers came under fire from suspected Taliban fighters at the site in Ghazni province after Thursday night's crash.

Three Taliban were killed in the resulting gunbattle but there were no casualties among the rescuing troops or the five contractors aboard the aircraft.

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