2 US coalition soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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2 US coalition soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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Mar 23, 2008 9:14

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

KABUL, Afghanistan

Two soldiers from the US-led coalition were killed in southern Afghanistan
when their patrol vehicle struck a roadside bomb, the coalition said Sunday.

The soldiers had been conducting a security patrol together with Afghan troops
on Saturday in Kandahar province when the incident occurred. A coalition statement
did not release the nationalities of the two soldiers.

Separately, in neighboring Zabul province, Afghan and coalition forces launched an
operation targeting Taliban insurgents Saturday. The ensuing one-hour gun battle in
Shahjoy district left four militants dead and three wounded, said Zabul deputy provincial
police chief Faridullah Khan.