A U.S. military spokesman, Colonel Jim Yonts, said the troops' armored vehicle hit an explosive device in the Pech Valley of Konar Province, where they were patrolling in an effort to keep a road open to traffic.
It was the deadliest attack in Afghanistan on U.S. forces in a month.
(AP, Reuters)
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