Bomb kills US soldier in Afghanistan: NATO

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Source: AFP

Bomb kills US soldier in Afghanistan: NATO
(AFP) – 43 minutes ago

KABUL — A Taliban-style bomb attack killed a US soldier on Friday in western Afghanistan, NATO said.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the death was caused by an IED, or improvised explosive device -- the crude bombs increasingly deployed by the Taliban in their insurgency.

"An ISAF service member from the United States was killed in an IED strike in western Afghanistan today," said the statement.



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Afghan blast kills at least 3, wounds 26
Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2010 | 5:42 AM ET Comments0Recommend0The Associated Press
Police say an explosion near a crowd gathered to watch a dogfight in southern Afghanistan has killed at least three people and wounded 26.

Deputy provincial police chief Kamal Uddin said an explosives-packed motorcycle was parked near a crowd on the southern outskirts of Lashar Gah.

Health Department director Dr. Inayat Ullah Ghafari said seven children were among the wounded.


Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/05/afghan-blast.html#ixzz0eetFkUjF

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1. This is a stupid war- End it....

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2. .