NATO soldiers among dozens killed in Afghan unrest

Three NATO soldiers and more than two dozen other people including women and children were killed in a wave of violence across war-troubled Afghanistan Tuesday, authorities said.The soldiers and eight civilians including at least three women and a child lost their lives in Taliban-style bomb explosions from late Monday, the alliance's force and Afghan officials said.The NATO soldiers, whose nationalities were not disclosed, died in two separate attacks, one in eastern and the other in western Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.Both attacks took place on Tuesday, ISAF said.Afghan officials said two civilians were killed when a bomb placed on a motorcycle went off in the southern province of Ghazni, also on Tuesday.