KABUL, Afghanistan - Two Italian soldiers were killed and four wounded by a roadside bomb that exploded while they were on patrol south of Kabul on Friday, a military spokesman said. Two military vehicles were patrolling together when one of them was hit, said Maj. Luke Knittig, a Kabul-based spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. “The soldiers that were attacked in this case were exercising duties to assist with security,” he said. “The very knowledge that there are security threats in the Kabul area is why they were out.”The attack apparently occurred in Kabul province, just south of the capital on a main road, he said. The four injured soldiers were evacuated to a medical facility, he said.
| Condolences to the families and to the wounded, and a big thank you to Italy for standing with us in Afghanistan. |