In Afghanistan, eight foreign soldiers and two Afghan troops were killed in eastern province of Nuristan while the combined troops claimed to have killed several militants in the firefight. ISAF said in a statement on Sunday that tribal militia launched attacks on the foreign and Afghan fighters from a mosque and a village on Saturday.<br/><br/>The statement added the sources of the conflict in the area involve complex tribal, religious and economic dynamics. The intelligence head of Nuristan province, Mohammad Farooq said the fight took place in the Kamdesh region of the province, near the border with Pakistan.This is the one of the highest casualty among NATO forces in a single incident since overthrow of Taliban rule in 2001.