06-20-2008, 09:39 AM
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3 more US soldiers die in Afghanistan-Insurgency at its peak
We are back to square one.
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Update: Coalition service members killed in Helmand province
Written by Bagram Media Center
Thursday, 19 June 2008
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (June 20, 200 – A second coalition service member died of gunshot wounds suffered while conducting operations in Helmand province Thursday around 8 p.m.
Two service members died and another was injured in the operation.
The wounded service member was taken to Farah Hospital for treatment. Coalition forces secured the scene.
The names and nationalities of the service members will be released pending notification of next of kin.
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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (June 20, 200 – A second coalition service member died of gunshot wounds suffered while conducting operations in Helmand province Thursday around 8 p.m.
This is the second service member who died as a result of the operation.
The service member was among the woulded evacuated for medical treatment previously.
The names and nationalities of the service members will be released pending notification of next of kin.
Last Updated ( Friday, 20 June 2008 )
http://cjtf-a.com/index.php/Press-Re...-province.html
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Suicide bomber ambushes military convoy, killing 6 By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jun 20, 7:22 AM ET
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy as it drove through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said.
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Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the police chief of Helmand province, said the lone bomber, who was on foot, struck as the vehicles were passing a market area in the town of Gereshk on Friday morning.
Andiwal initially reported 10 civilians killed, but said later that city officials on the scene had given him mistaken information. He said the five civilian victims included two children. Four more civilians were wounded, he said.
Lt. Col. Paul Fanning, a spokesman for the U.S.-led force in Afghanistan, said one of its troops also was killed. He declined to release the victim's nationality.
The blast came a day after a shooting incident in which two soldiers from the separate U.S.-led coalition were fatally wounded in Helmand. An explosion killed four British troops in the province on Tuesday.
Recent fighting in Helmand and neighboring Kandahar province has demonstrated the resilience of the Taliban-led insurgency, more than six years after a U.S.-led invasion drove the militia from power.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/...ARIk6Q60VvaA8
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