In Afghanistan, hundreds of Taliban militants are seeking to control a district in northeastern Nuristan province as government forces battle them on. Provincial governor Jamaludin Badr said the militants captured western parts of Doab district, which borders Pakistan, and threatened to overrun the entire district. He said NATO troops are providing support and assistance to police and a counterattack is under way to recapture the territory. The governor said eight insurgents and three policemen had been killed in the past 24 hours. He also said that they had received no reinforcements despite repeated appeals for help from the interior ministry in Kabul and warned that the militants could overrun the entire district. A Taliban spokesman claimed that they are in control of the whole district. Nuristan is a highly volatile area, one of the worst hit by the near ten-year long Taliban insurgency.Meanwhile, two soldiers of the NATO-led forces were killed in roadside bombings in separate incidents. NATO said that one soldier died from a roadside bomb in the northern region on Wednesday while the other was killed in a similar attack in the southern region on Tuesday .