NATO says 3 service members killed
Afghanistan National Army (ANA) soldiers are briefed at Forward Operating Base Delhi, where U.S. Marines from Kilo Company 3rd Battalion 8th Marines Regiment are posted in Garmser, Helmand Province. (June 29, 2012) Credit: Getty Images
A man in an Afghan police uniform on Sunday shot and killed three foreign troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said in a statement.
It did not any other details, including the nationalities of the three. The statement said the man was wearing the uniform of an Afghan National Civil Order Police and that the incident was under investigation.
Their deaths bring to 39 the number of foreign troops killed this month, and 215 so far this year.
Earlier, Afghan police said a roadside bomb killed five Afghan civilians in the eastern province of Ghazni.
Deputy provincial police chief Maj. Mohammad Hussain said a bus full of people struck the explosives Sunday morning while driving near Ghazni city, capital of the province of the same name.
He said another 11 people were wounded, and the dead included women and children. The bus was traveling from Kabul to the southern city of Kandahar.
Updated now Newsday travel writer Scott Vogel took the ferry over to Block Island for a weekend of fun.
Updated now Newsday travel writer Scott Vogel took the ferry over to Block Island for a weekend of fun.
