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Bomb kills member of U.S. coalition in southern Afghanistan

Thu Aug 28, 6:09 AM

By The Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S.-led coalition says a roadside bomb has killed one of its members in southern Afghanistan.

A coalition statement says the soldier was killed during a patrol on Wednesday.

The victim's nationality and the exact location of the blast have not been released.

Separately, the coalition says its troops killed a militant and detained two others during a raid in the eastern Paktika province.

It says the militant was killed by small-arms fire as the troops searched compounds on Wednesday.

More than 3,500 people, mostly militants, have died in insurgency-related violence so far this year according to an Associated Press tally of figures provided by Afghan and Western officials.

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