Two NATO soldiers slain in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Two NATO soldiers have been slain in Afghanistan, military officials said Thursday.

Capt. Mark Windsor, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, told CNN one unidentified soldier died in combat in southern Afghanistan, while another was killed in the eastern part of the country Wednesday.

"This is a terrible loss for those families and the friends of those fallen soldiers," Windsor said. "These soldiers came to Afghanistan to bring peace, security, and stability to this country and the people of Afghanistan."

ISAF policy prohibits releasing the nationalities of any casualties prior to the home countries doing so, CNN said.