2 US troops, 3 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL: A bomb killed two US troops and wounded a third as they were driving in a convoy near the Afghan-Pakistan border, while fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban left three insurgents dead.
An Afghan interpreter was also wounded in the blast, which hit a US armoured vehicle on Friday in Urgun district in Paktika province, the US military said in a statement.
The wounded were evacuated by helicopter to a US base for treatment, the statement said. The attack occurred as the convoy was returning from the village of Gayan. The military has started an investigation.
Meanwhile, the three suspected rebels died in fighting also on Friday. One was killed and another wounded when they didn’t stop their motorbike at a security checkpoint in Kandahar province and were fired on, said local government official Niaz Mohammed. The other two were killed in an hour-long firefight in Zabul province. ap
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