KABUL, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Two service members with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in clash with militants Friday in southern Afghanistan, a statement of the alliance issued here said.
"Two service members were killed today, as a result of an insurgent attack that occurred in southern Afghanistan," it said.
However, it did not provide any further information as it is ISAF policy not to release the nationality of any casualty prior to the relevant national authority doing so.
Some 219 international troops have been killed in the various violence and conflicts so far this year in Afghanistan as a massive operation engaged by nearly 4,000 U.S. Marine and 600 Afghan security forces is still going on in the restive southern province of Helmand.
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