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NATO says eight international service members were killed Saturday in Afghanistan
NATO says eight international service members were killed Saturday in Afghanistan - St. Petersburg Times
Associated Press
In Print: Monday, June 20, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO reported Sunday that eight international service members were killed a day earlier in Afghanistan.
NATO said one service member was killed in an insurgent attack, and three other service members died in fighting. The the coalition said four others were killed in a vehicle accident.
NATO did not give details on the incidents or the nationality of the dead, in keeping with a policy of waiting for national authorities to release such information.
The latest deaths bring the total to 38 NATO service members killed so far this month, and 244 for the year.
Gates skeptical: Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he doesn't believe the Taliban will engage in serious talks about ending its fight until it is under extreme military pressure. Interviewed on CNN's State of the Union, Gates acknowledged that "there's been outreach" to the Taliban by the United States and others, but he described the contacts as "very preliminary at this point."
Suicide bomber: A suicide attacker in northern Kunduz province blew up his explosives-laden car next to a German military convoy on Sunday, killing three Afghan civilians, officials and witnesses said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
NATO says eight international service members were killed Saturday in Afghanistan - St. Petersburg Times
Associated Press
In Print: Monday, June 20, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO reported Sunday that eight international service members were killed a day earlier in Afghanistan.
NATO said one service member was killed in an insurgent attack, and three other service members died in fighting. The the coalition said four others were killed in a vehicle accident.
NATO did not give details on the incidents or the nationality of the dead, in keeping with a policy of waiting for national authorities to release such information.
The latest deaths bring the total to 38 NATO service members killed so far this month, and 244 for the year.
Gates skeptical: Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he doesn't believe the Taliban will engage in serious talks about ending its fight until it is under extreme military pressure. Interviewed on CNN's State of the Union, Gates acknowledged that "there's been outreach" to the Taliban by the United States and others, but he described the contacts as "very preliminary at this point."
Suicide bomber: A suicide attacker in northern Kunduz province blew up his explosives-laden car next to a German military convoy on Sunday, killing three Afghan civilians, officials and witnesses said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.