Bomb kills two US soldiers in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb killed two US soldiers and wounded two others in eastern Afghanistan today, according to Afghan officials in …

A roadside bomb killed two US soldiers and wounded two others in eastern Afghanistan today, according to Afghan officials in the Nangahar province.

A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to a Reuters correspondent in the provincial capital of Jalalabad.

"Two soldiers were killed and two wounded while patrolling, they belonged to the coalition forces," a spokesman for the governor in the province said.

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