Friday, May 27, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates


NATO Soldiers Die In Afghanistan -- New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, eight of them in an attack in the southern part of the country that was the deadliest involving hidden explosive devices so far this year, officials said.

The eight soldiers were part of a foot patrol and were killed in two individual improvised explosive device explosions that struck the patrol as part of the same attack, according to Maj. Tim James, a spokesman for NATO. An unrelated helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday killed an additional soldier, Major James said.

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