The death toll of NATO occupation troops were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday rose to eight.

The death toll of NATO occupation troops were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday rose to eight.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the German army confirmed that one of its special forces soldiers was killed in an attack during a joint operation near the northern city of Baghlan.

Also on Saturday, five US occupation troops died in a Taliban roadside bomb blast and two other NATO troops were shot dead by an Afghan soldier in an "insider attack".

The nationality of the two was not released, in line with coalition policy.

The five US troops were killed when their vehicle hit a powerful improvised explosive device in the southern province of Kandahar, local police said.

Akram Khpalwak, governor of the western province of Farah, said the two other soldiers were killed  when an Afghan soldier opened fire in Bala Buluk district.