Eight US Troops Killed in Kandahar Blast
Foot Patrol Ran Into Taliban Bomb in Shorabak District
Nine NATO soldiers were killed today across Afghanistan, including eight US soldiers who died in a single bombing in Kandahar Province. It was the most soldiers killed in a single incident in Afghanistan since April 27.
Pentagon officials say that the eight soldiers were on a foot patrol with some Afghan security forces when a massive bomb detonated in a field in the Shorabak District. Two Afghan policemen were also killed in the bombing.
The Taliban was quick to claim credit for the attack, which came just 12 miles from the Pakistani border. A Taliban spokesman said they had planted the bomb in the field deliberately to target patrols.
The ninth NATO soldier slain was reported killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan. The nationality was not immediately released, and it is unclear what caused the crash.
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KIDDING MESEIROUSLY
May 26th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
AND THE MESS GOES ON
Amir Goy
May 26th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
I wonder if they had a clue as to why they were really there…..
Andron
May 27th, 2011 at 12:05 am
The price they pay for hundreds of thousands of Afghans killed by NATO bombing and night raids
montaigne
May 27th, 2011 at 4:09 am
But you must admit Disneyland is still open!
JoaoAlfaiate
May 27th, 2011 at 4:21 am
Glad we've got the Taliban on the run!
Geo1671
May 27th, 2011 at 6:40 am
2Ditz–Goodie-however not enough for americans to get upset
saggiadonna
May 27th, 2011 at 7:57 am
Obama's bloody hands.
andy
May 27th, 2011 at 8:31 am
We should get out of there. How many more have to die?
mike
May 27th, 2011 at 9:19 am
The sad part of this one is that the story did not appear on the online front page of CNN, NYT, BBC, FAUX, and the rest. Lies of omission, lying liars, the whole lot.