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| Afghanistan |
| 2 foreign soldiers killed in Afghan attacks |
| 2006-06-07 |
| 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 |
| #2 Germany needs to look at the amount of foregn aid they provide Pakistan. They are paying for the bullets that kill their own boys.. |
| Posted by: john 2006-06-07 18:31 |
| #1 Perhaps the German contingent would like to go around the local villages giving a lesson with lots of graphic slides on their nation's historical past in collective responsibility & punishment, preferably in german with a broad stuttgard accent. |
| Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-06-07 18:15 |