Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- Eight NATO troops were killed in Afghanistan Thursday , bringing the number of foreign troop deaths in the past two days to 14 , the International Security Assistance Force said . An improvised explosive device attack killed three service members in the west , and two died in an insurgent attack in the south . One died after an insurgent attack in the east , one died in an insurgent attack in the south and another was killed in an IED attack in the south . It 's the first time since August 30 that so many international troops have been killed in hostile incidents in Afghanistan in a single day , according to CNN records . On that day , seven Americans , a Canadian and an Estonian were killed . On Wednesday , six foreign troops were killed . ISAF has not announced the nationalities of any of the recently slain , in line with policy leaving identification up to the victims ' home countries . Forty-one coalition service members have died this October in Afghanistan so far . It 's the deadliest year of the nine-year-old war for foreign troops . The number of coalition service members killed so far in 2010 now stands at 587 . The highest monthly coalition death toll occurred in June , with 103 foreign troop deaths , a figure that includes Americans and service members other nations . In July , 65 Americans died , the highest monthly death toll for U.S. service members . The deaths come at a time when the war has become a subject of fierce debate in the United States and other countries that have contributed troops to the war effort . Gen. David Petraeus , who took command this summer as the top military official in Afghanistan , led the 2007-2008 campaign to stabilize Iraq after years of insurgent and sectarian warfare following the U.S. invasion of 2003 . Meanwhile , Afghan and ISAF forces killed several insurgents and detained many others Wednesday in the Nahr-E Saraj district of Helmand province , ISAF reported Thursday . And in Ghazni province , troops killed a Taliban senior leader and improvised explosive device expert , ISAF said . CNN 's Joe Sterling contributed to this report .
14 foreign troops have died in the past two days . ISAF has n't announced the nationalities of the victims .