Five US troops killed in Afghanistan
Published:Thursday | August 11, 2011 | 4:42 PM
The US-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) is reporting that five US soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.
Isaf spokesman Brigadier General Carsten Jacobsen is quoted by the Associated Press as saying the bombing was a sign of terrorism.
More than 50 Foreign Service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month.
On Saturday, 30 US soldiers died when their helicopter was apparently shot down by Taliban insurgents.
Officials said many of the US soldiers were members of Seal Team Six, the elite special forces unit which undertook the May raid into Pakistan in which al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed.
The recent spike in casualties comes as foreign troops begin the first phase of a gradual process to hand over security responsibility to Afghan forces.