Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southeast Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Saturday, the latest casualties in a surge of violence in recent months. The two were in a convoy in Paktika province, near the Pakistani border when their vehicle was hit by the blast on Friday. A U.S. soldier and an Afghan interpreter were wounded, the U.S. military said. Ten U.S. service personnel have been killed in combat in Afghanistan since late March. There was no claim of responsibility for the blast but the area has been an insurgent hot spot since the Taliban were ousted by U.S.-led forces in late 2001. Full Story
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