ISAF requests more spy planes from NATO

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Two NATO soldiers were killed and one wounded Thursday when a bomb blew up their patrol in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance's International Security Assistance Force said. "Two ISAF soldiers died and one was wounded in Paktika province today when their patrol struck an IED," ISAF said in a statement, referring to an improvised explosive device. It did not give the nationalities of the soldiers. About 120 international soldiers have been killed serving in Afghanistan this year, most of them in hostile action, notably bomb strikes. There are nearly 70,000 international soldiers in the country helping Afghan forces fight an insurgency led by the hardline Taliban, who were in government between 1996 and 2001. Around 8,000 people were killed in insurgency-linked violence last year, most of them rebel fighters.

by Staff Writers
Brussels (AFP) July 10, 2008
NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan has asked headquarters for more AWACS radar planes to support its operations against the Taliban, an official said Thursday.

"ISAF has sent a letter to the supreme commander in Europe (US General Bantz John Craddock), to allied headquarters, they are considering the request," the NATO official told AFP.

The official did not say how many AWACS aircraft were being sought by the ISAF chief, US general David McKiernan.

NATO has 18 E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) planes, which are loaded with electronics for detecting and tracking aircraft movement, under its command.

With nearly 52,000 troops from some 40 countries, ISAF operates under a UN mandate against insurgents opposed to the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, which have stepped up attacks and incursions from Pakistan.

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