US official says the soldier killed in attack on convoy in Kabul province was not AmericanA Nato soldier has been killed and six other personnel have been wounded in Afghanistan after a suicide bomber attacked their convoy in Kabul province, a coalition statement said. The war America can't win: how the Taliban is regaining control in Afghanistan Read moreThe wounded were being treated at a US military hospital at Bagram airfield and were in a stable condition, the statement said. A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the dead soldier was not American, but provided no further details. A suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan on Wednesday killed two American troops as they were travelling in a convoy near the airport in the southern city of Kandahar, the military said. It was seen as a reminder of the dangers posed to the 8,400 US troops still in Afghanistan as Donald Trump considers sending thousands more soldiers to fight America’s longest war.

Source: The Guardian August 03, 2017 22:07 UTC