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Five NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

   VOA News 06 June 2010
   Smoke  billows  from a burning NATO vehicle following a suicide attack
   which hit a military convoy in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 06 Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   Smoke  billows  from a burning NATO vehicle following a suicide attack
   which hit a military convoy in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 06 Jun 2010

   Military  officials  say  five  NATO  soldiers died Sunday in separate
   incidents in Afghanistan.

   According  to  a  statement,  a  vehicle  accident  killed  three NATO
   soldiers  in  southern  Afghanistan. NATO said a makeshift bomb killed
   another  service  member  in southern Afghanistan, and a fifth soldier
   died in an insurgent attack in the eastern part of the country.

   Also  on  Sunday,  Afghan  officials  say  a  roadside  bomb attack in
   southern Afghanistan killed a police officer and two civilians.

   Authorities say the bomb hit a police vehicle and two civilian cars in
   the Panjwai district of Kandahar.

   Officials say the blast wounded at least three people.

   Kandahar  is  the  focus of a major military push starting in the next
   few months to drive the Taliban out of their southern strongholds.

   Elsewhere,  NATO  says coalition forces killed a Taliban commander and
   other insurgents in western Farah province.

   In  the  eastern  region,  an Afghan combined force captured a Haqqani
   explosives cell leader Saturday night in Khost province.

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

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