US, British soldiers killed in attacks in Afghanistan
Herald Globe (IANS) Friday 21st August, 2009
One NATO-led US and two British soldiers were killed in separate roadside bomb blasts in southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday.
The two British soldiers were killed Thursday, the same day as Taliban conducted more than 130 attacks during the country's presidential and provincial elections. A total of 17 Afghan security personnel and nine civilians were killed in the attacks.
The two soldiers were killed while on a patrol unconnected to security measures taken for the Afghan elections, the defence ministry in London said. NATO-led forces in Kabul also confirmed the deaths of the soldier in a statement.
The deaths took the total British toll in Afghanistan since their deployment in late 2001 to 206.
Meanwhile, a US soldier was killed in a similar explosion in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance military said in a separate statement.
Seven US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since last Tuesday. More than 100,000 international forces with two-thirds of them US soldiers are currently stationed in Afghanistan.
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