Three US troops killed, four Americans wounded by IED in Afghanistan

Three U.S. troops were killed and four Americans were wounded Tuesday when an improvised explosive device detonated near the city of Ghazni, south of Kabul, the U.S.-led coalition said. The wounded, which included three troops and one contractor, were evacuated and are receiving medical care.

The names of the slain troops were being withheld pending notification of next of kin, according to Pentagon policy.

The deaths bring to 13 the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghansitan this year.

This story will be updated. </s> Three US service members were killed Tuesday by an improvised explosive device near the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan, the US military announced.

Three service members and an American contractor were also wounded in the blast, the military said.

The names of those killed were not immediately disclosed pending the notification of next of kin. </s> By The Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — US forces in Afghanistan say three American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in Ghazni province.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — US forces in Afghanistan say three American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in Ghazni province.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — US forces in Afghanistan say three American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in Ghazni province. </s> KABUL: Three US service members were killed and three wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated on Tuesday (Nov 26) near the central Afghan city of Ghazni, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement.

The Taliban, which control large parts of Ghazni province, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also wounded an American civilian contractor.

The NATO statement gave no details but Mohammad Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said an armoured vehicle carrying US troops hit a large roadside bomb in Shahbaz area, just outside the city on Tuesday morning.

He said US Special Forces had been conducting operations with Afghan forces around Ghazni city since Monday.

The deaths are the latest in a growing toll on US forces in Afghanistan following the death of an army Ranger during an operation against al Qaeda militants in Nimruz province on Saturday. Resolute Support said the soldier had been accidentally shot by a member of Afghan partner forces.

At least 11 US service members have now died in Afghanistan this year, in combat or in so-called "insider attacks" by Afghan soldiers or police.

Four Czech soldiers, serving with Resolute Support, have also been killed.

There was no official confirmation of the circumstances of the blast but Ghazni has been one of the most heavily fought over regions of Afghanistan this year and many areas close to the city are in the hands of the Taliban.

The city, which sits on the main highway linking the capital Kabul with Kandahar in the south, was overrun this year by a large Taliban force before it was driven off by Afghan and U.S. troops after days of heavy fighting.

About 14,000 US troops remain in Afghanistan as part of Resolute Support and a separate counter-terrorism mission aimed against militant groups such as al Qaeda and Islamic State. </s> KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — US forces in Afghanistan say three American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in Ghazni province. </s> Kabul: Three US troops and a contractor were killed in an explosion near Bagram Air Base on Monday, NATO said, after the Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast.

“Three US service members and one contractor were killed, and three US service members were wounded by an improvised explosive device April 8 near Bagram Air Base,” the transatlantic military alliance’s mission in Afghanistan, Resolute Support, said in a statement. </s> (Last Updated On: June 3, 2019)

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden Humvee inside an Afghan security forces base in central Ghazni province on Saturday night, local officials confirmed.

Abdul Karim Abed, deputy administrative for Ghazni police chief told Ariana News that the incident has taken place in the police reserve unit center in the provincial capital of Ghazni city at around 9:30 pm on Saturday.

According to Abed, at least five security forces were killed and seven others wounded in the suicide attack.

Meanwhile, Arif Noori a spokesman for the provincial governor said four civilians were also injured in the incident.

However, the provincial council members say that eight Afghan soldiers have been killed and seven others wounded in the attack.

The Taliban militants group in a statement has claimed responsibility for the attack adding that at least 40 Afghan soldiers have been killed in the incident.

Ghazni is among the insecure provinces in central Afghanistan where the Taliban militants are actively operating in a number of its districts including the capital city of the province. </s> Baghlan [Afghanistan], Jun 4 (ANI): At least two people were killed while 14 others were wounded after an Improvised explosive device (IED) exploded here on Tuesday morning.

The news was confirmed by the provincial police, according to TOLOnews.

The incident comes after another magnetic IED blast killed five people in Kabul on Monday. The blast targeted a bus carrying employees of the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission. (ANI)
Three U.S. troops are killed and three others are wounded in an IED blast near Ghazni, Afghanistan.