Six U.S. Soldiers Killed In A Suicide Attack In Afghanistan

L.A. Times: 6 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan suicide attack

Six foreign troops were killed and three wounded Monday in a suicide car bombing near the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.

The U.S.-led military coalition did not immediately confirm the victims’ nationalities, but an Afghan official said that at least three U.S. service members were among the dead in the attack near Bagram Airfield in northern Afghanistan.

Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement, saying their target was a joint Afghan-NATO security patrol.

“We’re deeply saddened by this loss,” U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Wilson A. Shoffner, spokesman for coalition forces, said in a statement. “Our heartfelt sympathies go out to the families and friends of those affected in this tragic incident, especially during this holiday season.”

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