Summary:
Three American soldiers have been killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, bringing the number of American deaths in 2013 to 89.

Full article:
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:59 EST, 11 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:11 EST, 11 August 2013 . Three American soldiers were killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan Sunday. According to a statement released by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, the three soldiers were killed in an enemies of Afghanistan attack in the eastern Paktia province. The ISAF doesn't identify soldiers' nationalities, but U.S. officials confirmed that these were American soldiers. Attack: Three American soldiers were killed in Eastern Afghanistan Sunday . The three deaths bring total U.S. fatalities in Afghanistan to 89 this year. Paktia province is one of the deadlier regions of Afghanistan for foreign soldiers. Today, soldiers in the area rarely engage in combat. Of the 100,000 soldiers in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, 68,000 are American. NATO plans to reduce those numbers before the planned end of the mission on December 31, 2014. More than 2,100 U.S. soldiers have died in Afghanistan during the war. Dangerous parts: Eastern province Paktia is one of the more dangerous regions of Afghanistan for foreign soldiers .