A second went off when other civilians riding a tractor arrived to help the wounded
(CBS/AP) KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. officials confirm to CBS News that a roadside bombing Sunday in eastern Afghanistan killed six American service members – a blast which the Taliban claimed responsibility for 토토 안전 놀이터 on Monday morning. The statement from Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the soldiers died when their tank ran over a bomb around 8 p.m. Sunday in Wardak province, south of Kabul. NATO would not disclose the nationalities of the service members killed, but officials confirmed to CBS News correspondent David Martin that they were American. Wardak provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Qayum Baqizoi said after the blast in Jalrez district, a coalition air strike killed a local Taliban commander and wounded three insurgents. More in Afghanistan: The way forward Afghan donors offer $16B in development aidU.S. declares Afghanistan major non-NATO allyFirst NATO truck crosses Pakistan border after 7-month closure Also in the east, authorities said a chief prosecutor in Ghazni province was assassinated Monday morning as he drove to work. The Taliban routinely target Afghan government officials. In addition to the six U.S. deaths, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and NATO authorities said. The civilians, including women and children, were killed in three blasts in Arghistan district, along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. Kandahar province spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said...
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