Taliban insurgents fighting Afghan and the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan attacked Italian forces and injured two soldiers in western Herat province on Thursday, a local official said.
“The Taliban rebels opened fire on Italian troops in Barmakan village of Shindand district at 10:00 local time wounding two soldiers,” said Lal Mohammad Omarzai, the district chief of Shindand.
He also added that the insurgents used light weapons in the ambush. However, he did not say if there were any casualties on the insurgents.
This is the second attack on the Italian forces over the past eight days in Afghanistan. On last Thursday, a suicide car bomb against Italian forces in the capital city Kabul left 16 people dead including six Italian soldiers and injured over 50 others with majority of them none-combatants.
More than 2,000 Italian forces have been serving in Afghanistan within the framework of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to help stabilize security in the post-Taliban country.