A soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and an ISAF civilian interpreter were killed in eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Sunday.

The fatalities occurred when an ISAF convoy was ambushed by militants on Saturday, the statement said, adding seven other ISAF soldiers were wounded by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.

The wounded have been medically evacuated to ISAF medical facilities, and their conditions are unknown at this time although none are considered life threatening, according to the statement.

The brief statement did not say which province the incident occurred.

Meanwhile, in accordance with NATO policy, ISAF does not release a casualty's nationality prior to the relevant national authority doing so.

However, the bulk of ISAF soldiers operating in eastern Afghanistan are Americans.

About 37,000 ISAF forces are being deployed across Afghanistan to hunt down militants and keep security.

Due to rising Taliban-linked insurgency, over 1,800 persons, most of whom were Taliban militants, have been killed in Afghanistan this year.

Source: Xinhua