Saturday, May 28 – According to US Officials, at least Seven US soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan.
According to Tafsir Khogyani commander of the border police for southern Afghanistan, coalition and Afghan police went to destroy a Taliban container which had some explosives and weapons. As soon as the helicopter landed and other Isaf forces were patrolling, the explosion took place.
The incident which took place in Shorabak district 19km (12 miles) from the Pakistani border which lies between the districts of Registan and Spin Boldak, is the deadliest single attack on foreign troops in a month. Nato initially confirmed the deaths but declined to disclose the nationalities.
Earlier, a Nato helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing one soldier.
The number of troops killed in Afghanistan by militants have reached around 200 so far this year.
