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Summary Three New Zealand soldiers were killed in roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province.
Three New Zealand soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Afghanistans Bamiyan province, defence officials said Monday.The deaths raise the number of New Zealand soldiers killed in Afghanistan to 10 in total, after two were killed in Bamiyan earlier this month.Todays events underscore the gravity of the situations New Zealands soldiers face daily in Afghanistan, said Prime Minister John Key.The three brave soldiers paid the ultimate price for their selfless work, and my thoughts are with their families and friends as they mourn their loved ones.The New Zealand Defence Force said the three men were in the last vehicle of a convoy that was hit by an an improvised explosive device, northwest of Do Abe where the other two soldiers died two weeks ago.Key has previously ruled out bringing forward the scheduled withdrawal of New Zealand troops from Afghanistan next year.
