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3 NATO Troops Killed in Roadside Blasts in Afghanistan

   VOA News  April 24, 2011
   Case containing the remains of Army Sgt. John Castro, of Andrews,
   Texas, at Dover Air Force Base, DE Saturday, April 23, 2011

Photo: AP

   An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of
   Army Sgt. John Castro, of Andrews, Texas, at Dover Air Force Base, DE
   Saturday, April 23, 2011

   NATO says three of its service members have died in roadside explosions
   in southern Afghanistan.
   The international coalition says one its service members died in a
   blast Sunday and the two others were killed Saturday.
   NATO did not provide any further details on the explosions or the
   nationalities of the service members.
   In another development, the Afghan Interior Ministry says gunmen
   assassinated the former top civilian chief in the Marjah district of
   southern Helmand province, Abdul Zahir, Saturday in the provincial
   capital of Lashkar Gah.

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