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More NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan

   VOA News 08 June 2010
   Canadian  soldiers with 1st Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, rush
   to  reinforce  troops  after  one of their comrades was injured by IED
   during patrol outside Salavat, southwest of Kandahar, 7 Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   Canadian  soldiers with 1st Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, rush
   to  reinforce  troops  after  one of their comrades was injured by IED
   during patrol outside Salavat, southwest of Kandahar, 7 Jun 2010

   NATO  says two more soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, just one
   day  after  10  service members died in a string of attacks across the
   country.
   NATO says those killed Tuesday died in a bomb attack.
   In  Monday's  violence,  seven American, one French and two Australian
   soldiers were killed in five separate attacks in the south and east of
   the  country.  It  was  the  deadliest day this year for international
   forces in Afghanistan.
   Two  civilian  police trainers - one American and the other Nepalese -
   were  also  killed  Monday  in  a  Taliban  suicide attack on a police
   training center in the southern city of Kandahar.
   Taliban  militants have increased their attacks as NATO prepares for a
   major  operation  to drive the group from their stronghold in southern
   Kandahar province.
   NATO  said  five  of  the U.S. troops killed Monday died in a roadside
   bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan. Two other U.S. soldiers were killed
   in  separate  attacks  -  one in a bombing and the other by small arms
   fire.
   Officials  said  another  roadside bomb, in southern Uruzgan province,
   killed the two Australians, bringing Australia's overall death toll in
   the battle against Taliban militants to 13.
   The  French  government said its soldier was killed in a rocket attack
   that wounded three other French soldiers.

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

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