Afghan blast kills five Nato troops

Five Nato soldiers were killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan yesterday, as the Taliban rejected a US claim to have killed the fighters who shot down an American helicopter killing 38 troops.
The soldiers' nationalities and full details of the blast were not disclosed by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) but they were the latest victims of the deadly insurgency's increasing use of crude, home-made bombs.
At least 387 coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanista this year, according to an AFP.