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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Taliban suicide bomber kills two US troops in south Afghanistan
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTwo US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan’s restive southern province of Kandahar earlier today when a Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into a convoy of foreign forces.
“Two US service members were killed in action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when their convoy came under attack,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis says. “US Forces Afghanistan will provide additional information as it becomes available.”
The assault is the latest blow to NATO forces, who ended their more than a decade-long combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of 2014.
Since then Afghan troops and police, beset by soaring casualties, have struggled to beat back the resurgent Taliban, while facing the growing menace of the Islamic State group.
— AFP
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