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    2 U.S. Troops Killed By Taliban Bomb In Southern Afghanistan

    The soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in Kandahar province. Two other U.S. troops were wounded in the attack.
    by Samantha Raphelson Jan 11, 2020 1 minute
    U.S. soldiers keep watch near the wreckage of their vehicle at the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Kandahar in August 2017.

    Two U.S. soldiers were killed and two others injured when their vehicle struck a bomb planted by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, according to a U.S. military statement reported by the Associated Press.

    The U.S. military vehicle was

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