5 soldiers die in blast
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. command says five American soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.
Two more U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks today — one a bombing in the south and the other by small-arms fire in the south.
Three other NATO soldiers from other countries were also killed in attacks today, bringing the day's death toll for the alliance to 10. No further details on any of the attacks were released.
In addition, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul says an American contractor died in a suicide attack against the police training center in the southern city of Kandahar.