(Herat, Afghanistan) -- Over 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded today as they searched for two U.S. paratroopers missing in Afghanistan.

A NATO spokesman said the troops were wounded "by insurgent activity." It is not clear how the casulaties were split between the two forces or if there were any fatalities.

The two missing paratroopers are from the 82nd Airborne Division.

They disappeared Wednesday while delivering supplies.

A Taliban spokesman says the soldiers drowned and that Islamist militants recovered their bodies.

Meantime, a police official in western Afghanistan says NATO aircraft had struck their own troops during the search and that several Americans had died in the " friendly fire" air strike.

That official also said the two missing troops had drowned.

　

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