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Roadside Bomb Kills 2 US Troops in Afghanistan

   VOA News 16 June 2010
   Afghan  policemen, left, run at the scene of an explosion in Arghandab
   district  of Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday,
   June 15, 2010

Photo: AP

   Afghan policemen at the scene of an explosion in Arghandab district of
   Kandahar province that killed a top Afghan official, 15 June 2010

   Afghan  officials say a roadside bomb has killed two American soldiers
   in northern Afghanistan.
   Officials  said  the troops were in a vehicle that hit the bomb in the
   Baghi  Shirkat  area  of  Kunduz province Wednesday.  U.S. and Afghan
   forces  were conducting an operation in the area during which at least
   12  militants,  including  two  Taliban  commanders, were killed.  No
   other details were provided.

   The  latest  casualties  follow the assassination of Haji Abjul Jabar,
   the  Arghandab  district  governor  in  southern  Kandahar on Tuesday.
   Officials  say  aremote-controlled roadside bomb killed Jabar, his son
   and  a  bodyguard.  Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned his murder
   and  called it a plot by the enemies of the Afghan people.  Jabar was
   considered a key partner for NATO the U.S. as the coalition implements
   a  plan  to reconstruct and stabilize Kandahar province, the spiritual
   homeland of the the Taliban.

   NATO reported Wednesday that international forces recently conducted a
   large  scale  operation  against  Taliban  insurgents in Shah Wali Kot
   district,  north  of Kandahar City. NATO said after five days of heavy
   fighting,  the  combined  force was able to push the insurgents out of
   the area.

   Also  Tuesday,  militant  attacks  killed  five NATO coalition troops,
   including a Polish soldier.  A total of 18 Polish troops have died in
   Afghanistan and the country's defense minister said Wednesday he wants
   to withdraw all Polish forces from Afghanistan by 2013.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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