Afghan roadside bomb kills five US troops

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A roadside bomb killed five U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan on Thursday.

11 August,2011 09:27 pm

The attack comes less than a week after 30 American forces were killed in the deadliest incident involving U.S. troops in the Afghan war.The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had previously said that five foreign troops had been killed, but declined to give their nationalities. A Pentagon spokesman said they were American troops.