Four of the soldiers and a civilian were killed in Kunar province, the alliance said in a statement. The fifth soldier died in Khost, another eastern province. The alliance did not release the nationalities of the soldiers, but most of the troops in those areas are American.
A Taliban-led insurgency is raging in Afghanistan nearly seven years after the fundamentalist Muslim regime was ousted in a U.S.-led invasion. An Associated Press count based on accounts from Afghan and Western officials indicates that more than 2,700 people — most of them militants — have died in insurgency-related violence this year.
The insurgency is particularly strong in Afghanistan's south and east. But a statement Friday by the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief noted that violence is now reaching other provinces, even those bordering the capital, Kabul, such as Logar and Wardak.
"Insecurity has spread to areas which were previously relatively stable in parts of north, northwest and central Afghanistan," it said.
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