2 Australian soldiers die in Afghanistan explosion

Two Australian soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, the worst fatalities the country has suffered in a single day during military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.

The men were among a total of 10 International Security Assistance Force troops, including seven Americans, killed in separate attacks on Monday on the deadliest day of the year for foreign forces in Afghanistan. A US civilian contractor who trains Afghan police also died in a brazen suicide assault. (AP)