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According to reports, a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan has killed six US soldiers serving with the NATO force. The nationality of the soldiers was not immediately given, but the Pentagon later confirmed they were all American. The incident came as donors meeting in Japan pledged to give Afghanistan $16bn (£10.3bn) in civilian aid over four years, including the period during which foreign troops are to pull out.1
In another incident, reports noted that an insurgent attack on a police base in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has ended after three gunmen were killed. The gunmen entered an empty school, from where they started firing at the headquarters of the Afghan National Police. Six people were injured in the attack, but Kandahar's police chief was unharmed, a government spokesman said. 2
- 1. “Afghanistan: US NATO Soldiers killed by roadside bomb”, BBC, July 8, 2012 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18764552
- 2. “Afghanistan gunmen attack police HQ in Kandahar”, BBC, July 9, 2012 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18767362