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| One killed, 6 injured in suicide attack on NATO troops in Afghanistan | One killed, 6 injured in suicide attack on NATO troops in Afghanistan |
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| One NATO soldier was killed and five were injured, along with an interpreter, when a Taliban suicide bomber struck a patrol in Afghanistan. | One NATO soldier was killed and five were injured, along with an interpreter, when a Taliban suicide bomber struck a patrol in Afghanistan. |
| The attack took place Thursday evening in Qarabagh District, Kabul province, according to the press service of Operation Resolute Support, NATO’s mission in Afghanistan. | The attack took place Thursday evening in Qarabagh District, Kabul province, according to the press service of Operation Resolute Support, NATO’s mission in Afghanistan. |
| The nationality or identity of the casualties has yet to be announced. | The nationality or identity of the casualties has yet to be announced. |
| Resolute Support is a NATO-led mission to “train, advise, and assist” Afghan government forces, who are currently fighting the resurgent Taliban almost 16 years since the US invasion to overthrow the Islamist group. | Resolute Support is a NATO-led mission to “train, advise, and assist” Afghan government forces, who are currently fighting the resurgent Taliban almost 16 years since the US invasion to overthrow the Islamist group. |
| The patrol was on a “partnered mission” with Afghan forces when it was attacked by a “personnel-borne IED”, meaning improvised explosive device, the NATO mission said. | The patrol was on a “partnered mission” with Afghan forces when it was attacked by a “personnel-borne IED”, meaning improvised explosive device, the NATO mission said. |
| All of the wounded are “listed in stable condition.” | |
| On Wednesday, two US soldiers were killed and four were wounded in a Taliban attack on a convoy in the southern Kandahar province. |