Two soldiers from NATO force killed in Afghanistan

maddezmom

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Fri Aug-15-08 11:29 AM
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Two soldiers from NATO force killed in Afghanistan

Edited on Fri Aug-15-08 11:41 AM by maddezmom

Source: Reuters

KABUL, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Insurgents killed two soldiers from NATO-led forces in an attack in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

Afghanistan has seen a surge in violence this year as the hardline Islamist Taliban steps up its campaign of guerrilla attacks, backed by suicide and roadside bombs to overthrow the pro-Western Afghan government and drive out foreign troops.

"Two ISAF service members died as a result of wounds suffered during an IED strike and small arms fire attack on their patrol in eastern Afghanistan today," ISAF said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL220303.htm

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sourmilk

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Fri Aug-15-08 12:13 PM
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1. Darn. Cannot find info on nationality...

No mention yet in CBC or CTV...

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daleo

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Fri Aug-15-08 12:26 PM
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2. Eastern Afghanistan often means Brits or Americans

Southern Afghanistan often means Canadians.

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elocs

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Fri Aug-15-08 01:19 PM
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3. My godson is in NE Afghanistan on the Pakistan border.

If there are casualties in his unit communications are shut down until the families are notified. I saw that he was logged onto his MySpace page earlier today. A couple of weeks ago they had 4 killed and he was not online for a week because of that.

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