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SYDNEY (AFP) - – Two Australians were among 10 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan during the alliance's deadliest day this year, officials said on Tuesday.
 
The soldiers, who were training Afghan troops, were killed by a roadside bomb during a patrol in Uruzgan province, taking Australia's death toll in the country to 13.
 
"It is my sad duty to inform you that two Australian soldiers serving with the 1st Mentoring Task Force of Afghanistan have been killed in action," Lieutenant General Hurley told reporters.
 
Seven American troops also died on Monday in two bomb blasts and a small arms attack, while a French soldier was killed by a rocket attack, making it one of NATO's deadliest days of the nine-year conflict.
 
Australia has about 1,550 troops in Uruzgan, making it the 10th biggest contributor to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
 
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who has called the war "unpopular", sent 450 reinforcements last year but has resisted Washington's calls to provide more.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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