Five NATO Soldiers, Five Police Killed in Afghanistan

Source: Al-Manar TV, 1-8-2008
Four NATO soldiers were killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan Friday, the alliance force said, after announcing the death of another soldier in a separate explosion.
"Four ISAF soldiers and one civilian died following an IED (improvised explosive device) strike in Kunar province August 1," NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement.
The force did not reveal the nationalities of the soldiers who died.
Earlier, it announced that a NATO soldier was killed in a bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan Friday.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force did not release the nationality of the dead soldier, who became the 145th international trooper to die in Afghanistan this year.
"An ISAF soldier died in an IED (improvised explosion device) attack in Khost province August 1," the force said in a statement.
Meanwhile, five Afghan policemen were killed late Thursday when their jeep was struck by another bomb in the southern province of Kandahar, police said.
Two other officers were wounded in the blast in Panjwayi, deputy district police chief Bismillah Khan said. The policemen were on a patrol in the volatile area when the remote-controlled bomb blew up their vehicle, he said.