Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 6 NATO Troops, 3 Afghan Civilians
By VOA News
15 March 2009
Officials in Afghanistan say insurgents have killed six NATO troops and three Afghan civilians since Saturday.
In the deadliest attack, NATO says a roadside bomb killed four of its troops Sunday in eastern Afghanistan. It did not give their nationalities. Most NATO soldiers in the region are American. Taliban militants often use roadside bombs against Afghan and foreign troops.
NATO says another two soldiers were killed in separate attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
In the Afghan capital Kabul, a suicide bomber killed two Afghan civilians and wounded 14 others Sunday as a foreign military convoy passed by. No foreign troops were hurt.
Also Sunday, a bomb blast in the southern city of Kandahar killed one civilian and wounded six others.
The bomb went off near a vehicle carrying the local mayor, who survived.
Elsewhere in Kandahar province, the U.S. military says coalition and Afghan forces killed five suspected militants Sunday in a military operation.
The Taliban and its allies have made a comeback in Afghanistan in recent years after U.S.-led forces drove them from power in 2001.
The U.S. is sending thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan to join other Western forces in battling the insurgents and helping the government extend its governance.
Meanwhile, militants in Pakistan attacked at least 20 trucks carrying supplies to Western forces in neighboring Afghanistan. Officials say the trucks were set on fire at a terminal in Peshawar Sunday.
NATO says a seventh alliance soldier died Saturday in a traffic accident in the country's north.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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