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| Afghanistan bomb kills Nato soldiers and civilians | Afghanistan bomb kills Nato soldiers and civilians |
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| Three foreign soldiers and two coalition civilian workers have been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) has said. | Three foreign soldiers and two coalition civilian workers have been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) has said. |
| Isaf said they had been killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan. | Isaf said they had been killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan. |
| It has not yet released the nationalities of those killed. | It has not yet released the nationalities of those killed. |
| Nato is in the process of handing control of security operations to the Afghan forces. | Nato is in the process of handing control of security operations to the Afghan forces. |
| Some areas have already been transferred to Afghan forces. Just over 100,000 soldiers are still serving with Isaf; they are due to be withdrawn by the end of 2014. | |
| The AFP news agency quoted an Isaf spokesman in the capital, Kabul, as saying the blast had been a car bomb which hit a military vehicle. | |
| He said there had also been Afghan civilian casualties. |