Landmine kills four US soldiers in Afghanistan
KABUL: Four US soldiers were killed on Saturday when their vehicle struck a landmine in southeast Afghanistan, the US military said.
The United States has lost over 100 military personnel since deploying troops in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, but most of the deaths have been accidents.
Lieutenant Cindy Moore said it was uncertain whether the mine that killed the four soldiers had been planted recently or was old.
The soldiers had been travelling with Afghan troops in a three-vehicle patrol in Logar province, around 40 kilometres south of Kabul.
Last week, a US soldier was killed and four others were wounded when their vehicle struck a mine in the western province of Herat, and five Afghan civilians died when their truck hit a mine near the same spot just hours later. reuters
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