- (AP) - KABUL, Afghanistan - A bomb attack in southern
Afghanistan killed two American soldiers and wounded three others, the
U.S. military said Saturday.
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- The attack happened Thursday in Uruzgan province, northwest
of Deh Rawood, where a U.S. military base is located. Maj. Mark McCann,
a U.S. military spokesman in Kabul, said in a brief statement that an improvised
explosive device " a homemade bomb " was to blame.
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- Another U.S. official confirmed the casualties were American
soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division.
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- About 18,000 U.S. soldiers make up the vast majority
of the coalition forces hunting Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in southern
and eastern Afghanistan.
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- Uruzgan Gov. Jan Mohammed Khan reported the attack on
Friday.
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- He said that a remote-controlled mine detonated under
an American jeep on patrol in Kishi area of the province's Charcheno district
on Thursday afternoon. He said that just one U.S. soldier was wounded.
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- In response, a U.S. helicopter opened fire on the suspected
attacker as he fled on a motorbike, killing him, the governor said.
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- McCann did not comment on the reported firing by the
helicopter.
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- The bomb attack happened less than a week after Afghanistan
held landmark presidential elections which passed off largely peacefully
despite threats of attacks by Taliban-led rebels who had vowed to sabotage
the vote.
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