KABUL, Afghanistan — The NATO military coalition on Sunday said two servicemen were killed in an insurgent attack in the west of Afghanistan raising the toll of international servicemen killed in July to at least 44.
The military alliance known as ISAF didn’t provide further details. NATO also did not provide the nationalities of the dead.
The latest casualties underscored the volatility as NATO scales back its operations ahead of its 2014 departure.
The coalition also denied as“incorrect” Pakistani claims that its military had informed NATO 52 times in recent months that insurgents were crossing from Pakistan into Afghanistan.
“Whenever the Pakistani military has requested assistance, ISAF immediately dispatched the appropriate force to deal with the issue,” the coalition said in a statement. “In the spirit of recent improving relations with the Pakistani military, ISAF will continue to take every Pakistani military report of cross-border movement very seriously and will assist whenever and wherever possible.”
Front Section, Pages 5 on 07/30/2012