Roadside bomb kills soldier in Afghanistan

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Roadside bomb kills soldier in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Feb 6, 2008 18:35:13 EST

KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb hit a U.S.-led coalition vehicle in volatile Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier, while seven militants were killed in a coalition airstrike.

The coalition troops were conducting a joint security patrol with Afghan forces Tuesday when their vehicle hit a mine planted on a road along the Helmand River, leaving three soldiers wounded, the coalition said in a statement. One of the soldiers later died. The coalition did not give further details of the nationalities of the victims.

Other soldiers in the patrol discovered and neutralized two additional roadside bombs in the area.

Helmand has been the front line of the bloodiest battles between foreign troops and insurgents these past few years. It is also the world’s top opium poppy-producing region.

Meanwhile, in neighboring Kandahar province, a coalition airstrike that targeted Taliban fighters planting roadside bombs left seven militants dead Monday in Panjwayi district, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/02/ap_afghanistan_080206/



uhc comment: To date, 483 soldiers have died as a result of Afghanistan --? http://www.icasualties.org/oef/