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Soldiers killed in Afghan ambush Suicide bomber kills Nato troops
(about 1 hour later)
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan has confirmed that three of its soldiers were killed in an ambush on Sunday. Three Nato soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance says.
Two Afghan soldiers also died in the clash in eastern Kunar province. Ten other coalition troops were wounded. Six others were hurt in the blast. Nato did not say where the attack took place or identify the victims. Most foreign troops in the east are from the US.
The coalition said up to 22 militants were killed in the clash, as well as in two others in the south. Earlier, the US-led coalition said that three of its troops and two Afghan soldiers had been killed in eastern Kunar province on Sunday.
There was no immediate reaction to the reports from the Taleban. Violence has soared in Afghanistan with more than 3,000 people killed this year. Attacks have soared in Afghanistan, with over 3,000 people killed in 2007.
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Nato said its forces were at a bridge construction project when a suicide bomber blew himself up.
Two soldiers were killed instantly, and a third died as he was being taken for treatment.
In the clash in Kunar province, 10 other coalition troops were wounded on Sunday, the coalition said.
It said up to 22 militants had been killed in the clash, as well as in two others in the south. There was no immediate reaction to the reports from the Taleban.
Statements from the coalition said that all three incidents were sparked by ambushes from insurgent forces.Statements from the coalition said that all three incidents were sparked by ambushes from insurgent forces.
It admitted that five allied troops - three from the coalition and two from the Afghan National Army - were killed in the eastern province of Kunar, and 10 more were wounded. The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kabul says the number of casualties in the Kunar clash is unusually high for one encounter.
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kabul says this is an unusually high number of casualties in one encounter. In the other incidents, in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, the coalition said insurgents had been repulsed by Afghan government forces acting with coalition supervision. In the Helmand encounter, it said 12 rebels had been killed after Afghan forces called in coalition air support, and that the latter helped identify targets but did not engage the insurgents.
In the other two incidents, in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, it says up to 22 insurgents were killed after two of their ambushes were repulsed by Afghan government forces acting with coalition supervision. The reports could not be independently confirmed.
In the Helmand encounter it said 12 rebels were killed after Afghan forces called in coalition air support, and that the latter helped identify targets but did not engage the insurgents.
None of the reports could be independently confirmed.