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2 foreign soldiers killed in Afghan attacks
Two foreign soldiers in the U.S.-led coalition were killed and three American troops were wounded in separate attacks Tuesday as insurgents continued an offensive that has sparked some of the heaviest fighting in Afghanistan in several years.The foreign coalition soldiers died when their armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the eastern province of Nangarhar. They were part of a patrol carrying out combat security operations in the Khogyani district, the military said in a statement. A third soldier and an Afghan interpreter were wounded. None of the victims' names were released, or in the case of the foreigners, their nationality. American and German troops are the only foreign forces in the coalition known to be operating in Nangarhar, said Ghafour Khan, spokesman for the provincial police chief. No Afghans were allowed to get near the scene of the blast, which destroyed the coalition vehicle around 3 p.m., he said. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-06-07 |
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