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Taliban kills 160 ISAF soldiers in 2013

Taliban attacks in 2013 claim the lives of 160 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers in Afghanistan.

31.12.2013 - Update : 31.12.2013
Taliban kills 160 ISAF soldiers in 2013

KABUL

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan suffered 160 casualties in Taliban attacks in 2013, sources said.

Information received from ISAF said 127 of the dead were American soldiers, while nine were British and the rest were from other countries.

Casualties fell 60 percent in 2013 compared to a year earlier.

More than 3,000 ISAF soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001.

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