Eight Americans killed in Afghan attack

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(AFP)

30 December 2009, 11:33 PMEight Americans have been killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, an embassy official and NATO said on Wednesday.

The attack in Khost province was believed to be a suicide bombing, a Western military official told AFP.

A spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said: “No US and no ISAF military personnel were killed or injured” in the incident.

The US embassy in Kabul confirmed that eight Americans had been killed.

“Eight Americans have been killed in an attack on RC-East,” the official said, referring to the military region of eastern Afghanistan that includes 14 provinces.

No other information was immediately available, she said.