surge update: 8 NATO troops killed in one day in Afghanistan

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Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan— In one of the deadliest days for foreign forces in Afghanistan this year, eight NATO troops were killed in three separate incidents Saturday, authorities said.

Three died in two separate bomb attacks in the south, according to NATO statements. The nationalities of those killed were not immediately released.

Earlier in the day, five NATO service members and four Afghan soldiers were killed in a suicide attack by a Taliban bomber who dressed like an Afghan soldier to infiltrate a joint Afghan-U.S. base on the edge of the eastern province of Laghman.

A Taliban spokesman has said the group plans to target Afghan officials, including security forces, allied with NATO and the U.S.


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