Islamic militants killed four US soldiers in the restive southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, the US military said.The soldiers, who were patrolling with Afghan troops on Monday, were killed when a bomb went off under their vehicle. The patrol then came under fire from the militants before US air support was called in.
Remnants of the ousted Taliban regime late Sunday ambushed two vehicles belonging to Afghan security forces, killing three of the security personnel and kidnapping five in the southern province of Helmand, senior police said on Monday. A Taliban spokesman said they had killed all eight policemen. Only three bodies have been found so far.