4 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
A roadside blast in eastern Afghanistan killed four US coalition soldiers and an Afghan national yesterday, the coalition said.
It did not identify the nationalities of all the victims, but the majority of troops in eastern Afghanistan are American.
The coalition did not say where the attack took place or provide any other details.
The deaths came the same day US Defence Secretary Robert Gates held meetings in Kabul with President Hamid Karzai and other officials.
Separately, coalition troops killed two militants and detained two others during a raid in central Afghanistan, a statement said Wednesday. The action happened Tuesday in an operation in the Andar district of Ghazni province.
One of the militants killed had allegedly been involved in attacks against Afghan and foreign troops and civilians, the coalition said.
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