3 AMERICAN TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

Two U.S. Marines were killed in a roadside explosion in the southern province of Helmand, a U.S. forces spokeswoman said Sunday. A third U.S died of wounds suffered in Afghanistan.

By The New York Tmes and The Associated Press
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Two U.S. Marines were killed in a roadside explosion in the southern province of Helmand, a U.S. forces spokeswoman said Sunday.

A third U.S. service member was killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the U.S. military said, and a fourth U.S. service member wounded in Afghanistan died Friday back home.

Sunday's attack in the town of Bargh-e-Matal in Nuristan province also wounded some other troops, said Lt. Cmdr. Christine Sidenstricker. She did not have an exact number of wounded. Sidenstricker did not provide more details, saying only that the attack was not a roadside bomb or suicide bomber.

The explosion that killed the two Marines occurred Saturday and was caused by a homemade bomb, Sidenstricker said. Taliban insurgents are increasingly using roadside bombs and remotely controlled mines set under dirt roads, and they are proving the biggest killer of foreign troops in Afghanistan this year.