NATO: 2 soldiers killed in Afghan bomb attack

NATO: 2 soldiers killed in Afghan bomb attack
By Fisnik Abrashi - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Feb 10, 2009 9:13:47 EST

KABUL — A bomb struck a NATO convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two soldiers and wounding one, a spokesman for the alliance said.

Police spokesman Wazir Pacha said the attack in Khost province was carried out by a suicide bomber in a vehicle. But the NATO spokesman blamed the attack on a roadside bomb.

The majority of NATO troops in Khost, which border Pakistan, are American, though the spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force would not confirm the troops’ nationalities. The spokesman asked not to be identified because he was not the media office’s lead spokesman.

Taliban bomb attacks have risen sharply over the last three years as the militant force has intensified its insurgency campaign against U.S. and NATO troops.

U.S. military leaders have said they plan to send up to 30,000 more troops to the country over the next year to reinforce the 33,000 American forces already in the country.


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