Isaf did not give details of the nationalities of those killed Three Nato soldiers have been killed in a bomb explosion in western Afghanistan, a day after six coalition troops died in a number of attacks.
The three troops were killed when an improvised explosive device went off, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said.
Isaf has not given details of the nationalities of the dead soldiers.
However American, Spanish, Italian and Lithuanian troops are based in the west of the country.
Nato has lost at least 30 soldiers in Afghanistan this month.
On Wednesday, six soldiers were killed in attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
Five were killed in two separate blasts in the south, while an “insurgent attack” in the east of the country killed another soldier, Isaf said.
More than 2000 foreign troops have been killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of the conflict in 2001.
Thursday’s deaths brought to 584 the number of foreign soldiers killed this year, a number higher than the previous record of 521 in 2009.
Improvised explosive devices are the weapons of choice for the Taliban and other insurgents fighting the 152,000 foreign troops under US and Nato command in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile Nato defence and foreign ministers will meet later Thursday in at the alliance’s headquarters Brussels at a time of tough fighting in Afghanistan and budget cuts at home.
Correspondents say that they will deliberate on a draft of the “strategic concept” that will lay out the alliance’s vision for the next decade.
The mission statement will then be endorsed by Nato leaders at a meeting in Lisbon next month.
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