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Nato troops die in Afghan blast US troops killed in Afghan blasts
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Four foreign soldiers with Nato-led forces have been killed in a bomb blast in the northern Afghan town of Kunduz, Nato and Afghan officials have said. The US military says six of its troops have been killed in two separate bomb blasts in Afghanistan, amid a spate of insurgent activity across the country.
Local Afghan officials said the four victims were American nationals but this was not immediately confirmed by the US military. It says four of the soldiers were killed in the northern town of Kunduz, Two others died in the south, but the US military gave no further details.
Earlier, at least two people were killed in a suicide bombing near a Nato base in southern Afghanistan. Separately, at least two people died in a suicide bombing near a Nato base in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan.
The attacker blew up his vehicle at a checkpoint outside Kandahar airfield. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Kunduz and Kandahar attacks.
The attack came as thousands of US and UK forces continued with a major offensive against the Taliban in the southern Helmand province - the stronghold of the militants.
'US convoy''US convoy'
The four Nato soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Kunduz, alliance officials said. In Kunduz, the four American soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb.
They gave no further details about the explosion, nor was there any word from them about the nationality of the victims. They victims were involved in the training of the Afghan security forces, the US military said. It gave no other details.
But Afghan officials in Kunduz said the attack targeted a convoy of US soldiers. Local Afghan officials in Kunduz earlier said the attack targeted a convoy of US soldiers.
They said two Afghan civilians were also killed.They said two Afghan civilians were also killed.
In the earlier suicide bombing Kandahar, at least two people were killed and many others wounded. Separately, the US military said that two other American soldiers were killed in the south.
Some reports suggest the attack took place in Zabul, north of Kandahar.
All the six US soldiers were serving in the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf).
In the earlier suicide bombing Kandahar, at least two people were killed and many others wounded, officials say.
The attacker blew up his minivan near Kandahar airfield - a major Nato base in the region. No foreign soldiers are reported to have been injured in the attack.The attacker blew up his minivan near Kandahar airfield - a major Nato base in the region. No foreign soldiers are reported to have been injured in the attack.
Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi says the group was responsible for the attack, the AFP news agency reports.
The attack came as thousands of US and UK forces continued with a major offensive against the Taliban in the south.