Kabul - Four US-led coalition soldiers and an Afghan national were killed in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates visited the war-torn country.
The foreign soldiers' deaths were confirmed in a statement issued by US military authorities in Bagram, the main US base in the country, but did not disclose the nationality of the deceased soldiers or where exactly the bombing took place.
Most of the troops serving under the coalition banner are from the United States.
Kabul - Four US-led coalition soldiers and an Afghan national were killed in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates visited the war-torn country.
The foreign soldiers' deaths were confirmed in statement issued by US military authorities in Bagram, the main US base in the country, but did not disclose the nationality of the deceased soldiers, nor did it say where exactly in the eastern region the incident took place.
Most of the troops serving under the coalition banner are from the United States.
London, Sept 17 : Newly-elected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly sought UK’s help in resolving the simmering row with Washington over US’ unilateral strikes on its (Pakistan’s) tribal areas.
He said Britain had a better understanding than any other country, and hoped that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown would use his influence on others (read the US).
“Britain has always had a better understanding of the Subcontinent than any other country so if [the UK] will take our point of view and put it across to the world I think it will be better,” the Daily Times quoted Zardari as saying.
Islamabad, Sept 17: Taking a strong exception to the highly unusual Sept. 3 ground attack by US commandos near the Angoor Ada town, the Pakistan Army has reportedly ordered its forces to open fire at US troops if they launch another air or ground raid from across the Afghan border.
According to a Pakistan Army spokesman, the orders are certain to “heighten tensions” between Washington and Islamabad as far as the fight against terrorism is concerned. Although the ground attack was rare, there have been repeated reports of US drone aircraft striking militant targets, the latest being on Sept. 12.
Kabul - Afghan and NATO-led troops killed 11 suspected Taliban and detained 20 others in separate clashes and airstrikes in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Tuesday.
Ten insurgents were killed in combat with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Wardak province south-west of the capital, the alliance said in a statement.
The militants fired rockets at an ISAF base in Sayed Abad, on Kabul-Kandahar highway near Kabul city, the statement said, adding that NATO forces responded with artillery and close air support.
"After positive identification of the insurgents, aircraft engaged the insurgents with gunfire," the statement said.
Washington, Sept 16: In a “retaliatory action” after the Sept 3 on-the-ground raid by US forces killing 20 people at a suspected militant target near Angor Adda, Pakistan blocked supplies to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said an American media report.
Most of the dead in the said strike were women and children.
For almost nine years, the US has been using the 1200-mile route from Karachi to the Khyber Pass to supply its troops in Afghanistan, and in lieu Pakistan is paid one million dollars a day for these supplies, including oil, food, heavy equipment and medicines, the Dawn quoted the report as saying.
