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Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills four Americans

A roadside bomb exploded near a US military vehicle on Saturday, killing four Americans in western Afghanistan in the deadliest attack against US troops in the country this year, officials said.

  • AP
  • Published: 14:39 June 14, 2008
  • Gulf News

Kabul: A roadside bomb exploded near a US military vehicle on Saturday, killing four Americans in western Afghanistan in the deadliest attack against US troops in the country this year, officials said.

The bomb in the western province of Farah targeted US personnel helping to train Afghanistan's fledgling police force, said US spokesman Lieutenant Colonel David Johnson. One other American was wounded in the attack.

Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment based in Twentynine Palms, California, arrived in Afghanistan earlier this year and were sent to southern and western Afghanistan to train police. However, Johnson said he could not immediately confirm that the four personnel killed were Marines.

The bombing comes one day after US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told his counterparts in Europe that for the first time, the monthly total of American and allied combat deaths in Afghanistan exceeded the toll in Iraq during May.

The four deaths bring to at least 44 the number of US troops killed in Afghanistan this year, according to an Associated Press count.

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