3 coalition soldiers killed in vehicle rollover in Kandahar province

Source: AP

KABUL, Afghanistan - Three soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan have died in a vehicle rollover in Kandahar province.


Officials say the vehicle crashed into a river bed, but did not disclose any other details, including the nationality of the troops. The accident occurred Sunday when the troops were patrolling in Arghandab, a valley in Kandahar province that Canadian and Afghan government forces recently retook from Taliban militants.


Meanwhile, Afghan officials say U.S.-led forces backed by warplanes killed 28 rebels including several Taliban commanders in fighting Sunday in southwestern Afghanistan.


Other violence claimed the lives of two Afghan soldiers, two militants and a government worker.


The Pentagon, meanwhile, confirms that an elite U.S. soldier was killed last week in a bomb attack.



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