Coalition: 3 soldiers die in Afghan roadside blast

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Coalition: 3 soldiers die in Afghan roadside blast

AP foreign, Tuesday September 9 2008

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. coalition says
a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan has killed
three coalition soldiers and an Afghan contractor.

The coalition on Tuesday did not release any other
details of the attack, including the soldiers'
nationalities, but the overwhelming majority of
coalition soldiers in the east are American.

The three deaths bring to 208 the number of
international soldiers killed in Afghanistan this
year. Last year a record 222 international soldiers
died in Afghanistan.

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[elocs]

1. The waiting is the hardest part. My godson is in the mountains of NE Afghanistan.

When there are casualties they have a communications blackout--no email, internet, or phones.

[High Plains]

2. Busy, busy.