Italian troops injured in Afghanistan

The incident occurred on Saturday after an Italian armored vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

The Taliban militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The blast comes as one US-led soldier serving with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Friday.

According to the website icasualties.org, a total of 240 foreign troops, mostly US personnel, have lost their lives in Afghanistan so far this year.

Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan, despite the presence of about 130,000 US-led forces in the country.

A total of 566 US-led forces died in Afghanistan in 2011. However, 2010 remains the deadliest year for foreign military casualties, with a death toll of 711.

The high number of military casualties in Afghanistan has intensified opposition in the United States and other NATO member states against the protracted war in the country.

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