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U.S. soldier killed, four wounded in Afghan blast
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-27 20:02
One U.S. soldier was killed and four were wounded by a roadside bomb in
Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokeswoman said on Saturday, the latest casualties
in a surge of violence in the run-up to a September 18 election.
"There were five wounded and one died," said U.S. military spokeswoman,
Lieutenant Cindy Moore.
"The IED (improvised explosive device) struck their humvee," she said,
referring to the military vehicle involved in the Friday attack in Paktika
province, south of Kabul, near the Pakistani border.
Forty-eight American soldiers have died in combat in Afghanistan this year
making it the worst period since U.S. forces arrived to oust the Taliban in
October 2001.
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