KABUL, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Two soldiers serving the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in two separate incidents in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the military alliance said.

    "One soldier was killed by enemy hostile action and another was killed in an improvised explosive device blast while supporting an Afghan National Police operation," the ISAF said in a statement.

    The NATO-led military did not release the casualty's nationality or give more information.

    Currently around 47,000 international troops under the flag of NATO-led ISAF are deployed in Afghanistan to help with reconstruction and stabilizing security of the war-torn country.