Bomb kills five U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan
Reuters
2013-05-04
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An ISAF spokesman confirms that five U.S. soldiers have been killed by a bomb in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks for international forces this year.
Five U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Saturday (May 4), a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks for international forces this year.
"It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that today five American soldiers died following an attack with an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan," Brigadier General Gunter Katz told Reuters, who added that the incident would not alter the long term campaign in Afghanistan for ISAF.
"It was a very difficult week for us, like I said, every soldier who dies here in Afghanistan is one too many. But again this will not have an effect on our overall campaign; we stay
An ISAF spokesman confirms that five U.S. soldiers have been killed by a bomb in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks for international forces this year.
Five U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Saturday (May 4), a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks for international forces this year.
"It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that today five American soldiers died following an attack with an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan," Brigadier General Gunter Katz told Reuters, who added that the incident would not alter the long term campaign in Afghanistan for ISAF.
"It was a very difficult week for us, like I said, every soldier who dies here in Afghanistan is one too many. But again this will not have an effect on our overall campaign; we stay
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