Soldiers from Bravo Company, Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Task Force Gladius wait for a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the landing zone at Forward Operating Base Morales-Frasier on Jan. 20, 2008. The Chinook will air lift them into the Surobi District of Afghanistan to protect another CH-47 that made a hard landing there. DoD photo by Sgt. Johnny R. Aragon, U.S Army. (Released)From China View:
KABUL, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed as their vehicle struck a roadside bomb Friday in southern Afghan province of Zabul where the operation of international troops has left five civilians dead, officials said.
Ghulam Jailani Khan, the provincial police chief, told Xinhua that it occurred at 11 a.m. local time when the armored vehicle of international troops was hit by roadside mines planted by Taliban militants in advance, killing three foreign soldiers.
Earlier, a statement released by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed the slain of three NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Friday.
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