Soldier in Afghanistan US-led force killed by mine

[Eugene]

Soldier in Afghanistan US-led force killed by mine
Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:33am ET

KABUL (Reuters) - One soldier was killed and three wounded when U.S.-led
troops on patrol in southern Afghanistan hit a land mine, while 12 Taliban
were killed in a separate clash, the U.S. military said.

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The blast in Nawzad district of Helmand province on Wednesday was believed
to have been caused by an old land mine, the U.S. military said.

"A coalition force patrol was conducting security operations in Nawzad
when their unarmored vehicle struck a land mine likely left behind from 25
years of war," the U.S. military said in a statement.

It did not give the nationality of the soldier killed or of his three wounded
colleagues.

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