- KABUL (Reuters) - Two U.S.
soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were killed Saturday when the vehicle
they were traveling in struck an "improvised explosive device"
in south Afghanistan, a statement issued by the U.S.-led military said.
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- A third soldier was wounded in the blast in Ghazni province,
around 160 miles southwest of Kabul, the statement said.
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- The wounded soldier was flown to Kandahar Airfield hospital
and was in a stable condition, it added.
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- Some 20,000 U.S.-led troops are stationed in Afghanistan
hunting for the remnants of Taliban and al Qaeda, including Osama bin Laden.
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- More than 60 U.S. military personnel have died in conflict
in Afghanistan since the Taliban were driven from power in late 2001.
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- Note - Some say the true number of US dead in Afghanistan
to date is far closer to 600. -ed
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