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3 US-led soldiers killed in S Afghanistan
Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:9AM GMT
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A US soldier armed with an M249 light machine gun takes position on a road in Sangsar village in Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan.
Three US-led soldiers serving with NATO have been killed in two separate bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan as violence gains momentum in the war-stricken country.
Two foreign service members lost their lives in a roadside bomb attack on Sunday, the NATO alliance said in a statement on Monday, dpa reported.
The third soldier was killed the same day by another roadside bomb explosion in the same area, the military alliance added.
No further details of the nationalities of the fallen soldiers or exact locations of the attacks have been announced.
The Taliban in Afghanistan have focused their roughly ten-year battle against invading US-led forces on the country's southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.
Roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon used by Taliban militants against foreign and Afghan troops as well as innocent civilians.
The increasing number of troop casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the Afghan war.
AO/JG/MGH
Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:9AM GMT
PressTV - 3 US-led soldiers killed in S Afghanistan
A US soldier armed with an M249 light machine gun takes position on a road in Sangsar village in Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan.
Three US-led soldiers serving with NATO have been killed in two separate bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan as violence gains momentum in the war-stricken country.
Two foreign service members lost their lives in a roadside bomb attack on Sunday, the NATO alliance said in a statement on Monday, dpa reported.
The third soldier was killed the same day by another roadside bomb explosion in the same area, the military alliance added.
No further details of the nationalities of the fallen soldiers or exact locations of the attacks have been announced.
The Taliban in Afghanistan have focused their roughly ten-year battle against invading US-led forces on the country's southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.
Roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon used by Taliban militants against foreign and Afghan troops as well as innocent civilians.
The increasing number of troop casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the Afghan war.
AO/JG/MGH
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