| U.S. troops shot and killed a man who threw hand grenades at their patrol in southeastern Afghanistan, the Afghan and U.S. military said Saturday. The attack happened Friday in Khost, 90 miles south of the capital, Kabul, Khial Baz, the military commander for Khost province, told The Associated Press. Baz said the assailant threw two hand grenades at a convoy of five to six U.S. military vehicles patrolling the tense city near the Pakistan border. One soldier was wounded. "One grenade missed and landed on the ground, but the second one landed in an American's vehicle and injured one of the soldiers," Baz said. A U.S. military spokeswoman, Master Sgt. Cindy Beam, said the soldier received "superficial wounds" and had returned to duty. Beam said U.S. soldiers fired at one attacker, killing him, while a second militant "ran away and has not been found." She gave no other details. Baz said it was unclear if the dead man was an Afghan or a foreigner. |