A group of International Security Assistance Force Regional Command soldiers talk at dusk while pulling security in Kandahar, Afghanistan, March 28, 2011. U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Haraz N. Ghanbari8 NATO Troops Killed In One Day In Afghanistan -- l.A. Times
Three die in two bombings in the south, and five others are killed in a suicide attack in Laghman province on Saturday.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - In one of the deadliest days for foreign forces in Afghanistan this year, eight NATO troops were killed in three separate incidents Saturday, authorities said.
Three died in two separate bomb attacks in the south, according to North Atlantic Treaty Organization statements. The nationalities of those killed were not immediately released.
Earlier in the day, five NATO service members and four Afghan soldiers were killed in a suicide attack by a Taliban bomber who dressed like an Afghan soldier to infiltrate a joint Afghan-U.S. base on the edge of the eastern province of Laghman.
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My Comment: And the fighting season usually starts in May .... a ominous sign on what to expect this summer.
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