Four Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Bombing
Posted on: Sunday, 21 August 2005, 09:00 CDT
The U.S. troop casualty count is growing in Afghanistan as the military announced Sunday four more soldiers have been killed.
CNN reports the troops were killed in a bombing south of Deh Chopan, Afghanistan.
Three more soldiers were wounded trying to rescue fellow soldiers and treated for shrapnel wounds.
The soldiers were part of a unit sweeping out suspected insurgents from the area to calm the growing violence before the elections in September.
Two-hundred thirty U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan, including 11 in August.
Seventeen Spanish soldiers died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan last week.
Source: United Press International
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