NATO: 2 American troops killed in eastern Afghanistan
By Amir Shah, APWednesday, January 13, 2010
NATO: 2 American troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL — Two U.S. service members were killed Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.
The international coalition said the two American troops died in a bomb blast, but disclosed no other information.
Their deaths bring to 12 the number of American troops killed in Afghanistan so far this month; 16 other soldiers from the international coalition have died this month.
Separately, six members of the Afghan National Police were injured in an explosion in Ghazni province, also in eastern Afghanistan, said Abdul Ghani, deputy provincial police chief.
He said the remote-controlled bomb exploded Wednesday morning near an international aid office.
NATO also reported Wednesday that Afghan and international forces patrolling in Helmand province on Jan. 10 uncovered a cache of explosives and bomb-making equipment. The patrol found nine jugs of homemade explosives totaling 250 pounds (113 kilograms), a dozen bomb pressure plates, radio-controlled bomb devices and 35 pounds (16 kilograms) of ammonium nitrate-based fertilizer, NATO said.
The explosives were rigged to detonate with a cord and 200 rounds of machine gun ammunition.
