A US soldier was killed and nine others wounded by a mine explosion in easternAfghanistan, the US military said today.
The blast happened yesterday afternoon near the city of Ghazni, 80 miles southof the capital Kabul, said Cmdr Dan Gage, a spokesman for US Central Command.
Of the nine soldiers injured, four were treated at the scene and the othersflown by helicopter to a hospital at the main US base at Bagram, north of thecapital, Cmdr Gage said.
