Six American soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.
It is reported that their tank ran over the device at around 8pm yesterday evening in Wardak province, south of Kabul.
NATO has not disclosed the nationalities of the service members killed, but Afghan officials have confirmed they were American.
Wardak provincial police chief General Abdul Qayum Baqizoi said that after the blast in Jalrez district, a coalition air strike killed a local Taliban commander and injured three insurgents.
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.
It is reported that their tank ran over the device at around 8pm yesterday evening in Wardak province, south of Kabul.
NATO has not disclosed the nationalities of the service members killed, but Afghan officials have confirmed they were American.
Wardak provincial police chief General Abdul Qayum Baqizoi said that after the blast in Jalrez district, a coalition air strike killed a local Taliban commander and injured three insurgents.
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Source: BritishForceNews
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