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| Afghanistan |
| 3 int'l soldiers, two Afghans killed in blasts |
| 2008-09-21 |
| Three international soldiers and two Afghan civilians were killed yesterday when bombs struck patrols in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the international military forces said. The forces did not release the nationalities of their casualties, leaving this to their home nations. The coalition also did not say who the Afghans were. Two soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force were killed when a bomb hit their patrol in the east of the country, ISAF said. And a trooper with the separate US-led coalition was killed in a similar blast in the south that also left two Afghan civilians dead, the force said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the insurgent Taliban militia has carried out a series of similar attacks in its drive to force out the international soldiers helping the Western-backed government. At least 215 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this year alone, most of them in insurgent attacks, according to an AFP tally. Around 220 died last year. |
| Posted by:Fred |