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Roadside bombs killed five soldiers, at least four of them Americans, and an interpreter in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, allied and Pentagon officials said.
Four United States Army soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were killed in Kunar Province by what the Taliban claimed was a remote-controlled bomb, Reuters reported. A fifth allied soldier died in a separate roadside bombing in the eastern province of Khost, NATO said in a statement without identifying the nationality of the service member. Most of the troops in the NATO-led force in eastern Afghanistan are American.|
Afghan Bombings Kill 5 Soldiers and Interpreter
New York Times, United States - 6 hours ago
Taliban and other militant groups have turned increasingly to the insurgents’ weapon of choice in Iraq — the improvised roadside bomb — to attack American ... |
