Afghan Taliban say they have killed four US soldiers and injured four others in two separate bomb attacks in eastern Afghanistan.
Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mojahid said two tanks belonging to US military forces were destroyed in two separate roadside bomb attacks in the city of Zarmat in Paktia Province early Tuesday, IRIB reported.
Four American troops were killed and four more were injured in the attacks, he added.
The US-led NATO coalition has not commented on the incident yet.
The Tuesday attack came a day after 33 US forces were killed in a NATO helicopter crash in Paktia Province. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the crash.
Earlier on Saturday Taliban militants gunned down another NATO helicopter, killing all 31 US forces on board.
Taliban’s Tuesday attack on the US military brings the number of the killed US soldiers to 68 over the past four days.
The use of roadside bombs by Taliban militants against US-led foreign troops and civilians in Afghanistan has reached record highs.
The US Defense Department’s Joint improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), a body tasked with putting an end to the use of IEDs in Afghanistan, has said that 3,485 roadside bombs exploded or were found in the war-torn country from April to June, indicating a 14-percent increase compared with the same period last year.
Source: Press TV
9 August , 2011
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