Four killed in Afghan bomb attack

Three members of Afghanistan's US-led coalition force and an Afghan interpreter were killed when their convoy was blown up by…

Three members of Afghanistan's US-led coalition force and an Afghan interpreter were killed when their convoy was blown up by a bomb near the Afghan capital, the force said in a statement today.

Yesterday’s attack in Wardak, southwest of Kabul, took the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan in June to 39, the highest monthly toll since US-led troops ousted the Taliban in late 2001.

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