A Dozen NATO Troops Killed In 24 Hours

June 08 2010

Afghanistan

A dozen NATO soldiers, including seven Americans, were killed Monday and Tuesday in Afghanistan, making it the deadliest 24 hours this year for the military alliance, Agence France-Presse reports.

Six Americans died in improvised explosive device (IED) blasts, while the seventh was killed by small-arms fire, according to the U.S. military.

Two Australian soldiers were killed Monday by a roadside bomb during a patrol in Uruzgan province while training Afghan soldiers, military...

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