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| Nato troops killed in Afghanistan | Nato troops killed in Afghanistan |
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| Six soldiers serving with the Nato-led force in south Afghanistan have been killed, the alliance has announced. | |
| They died when the vehicle they were travelling in hit an explosive device, a statement from Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said. | They died when the vehicle they were travelling in hit an explosive device, a statement from Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said. |
| One other soldier was injured. The nationalities of the dead and injured have not yet been released. | One other soldier was injured. The nationalities of the dead and injured have not yet been released. |
| This is the worst single incident for the Nato force in Afghanistan for several months. | |
| Worst year | |
| An Isaf spokeswoman told the BBC there had been no civilian casualties and that all signs pointed to the Taleban. | An Isaf spokeswoman told the BBC there had been no civilian casualties and that all signs pointed to the Taleban. |
| [The Taleban] resort to this type of tactic in order to hide in the shadows Lt Col Angela Billings, Isaf In pictures: Operation Achilles | |
| "Certainly it lends itself to the type of tactic that Taleban extremists use," Lt Col Angela Billings said. | "Certainly it lends itself to the type of tactic that Taleban extremists use," Lt Col Angela Billings said. |
| "Because they cannot beat us conventionally or tactically, they resort to this type of tactic in order to hide in the shadows." | "Because they cannot beat us conventionally or tactically, they resort to this type of tactic in order to hide in the shadows." |
| British and Canadian troops make up most of the Isaf forces in the south. | |
| The Taleban are maintaining strong opposition to Nato, particularly in the south and east. | |
| Last year saw the worst fighting in Afghanistan since coalition troops ousted the Taleban in 2001 with some 4,000 people believed to have been killed - about a quarter of them civilians. | |
| Helmand has been the focus of a recent operation by Isaf troops against militants. | |
| About 100 insurgents have been killed in it so far, officials say. |