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Eight U.S. troops killed in Afghan bomb attacks

KABUL
Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:28am EDT

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KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. service members working for the NATO-led force and one Afghan civilian were killed in multiple bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the alliance said in a statement.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said several troops were also wounded in the "multiple complex (bomb) attacks" but would not give further details of the attacks, which come a day after 11 U.S. troops were killed in two helicopter crashes.

(Reporting by Golnar Motevalli; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)


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