7 NATO troops killed in blast in southern Afghanistan

7 NATO troops killed in blast in southern Afghanistan
Military officials did not the disclose the nationalities of the seven NATO fatalities, an unusually large toll for a single incident. Another service member is killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.

By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
May 27, 2011
Reporting from Kandahar, Afghanistan—
An explosion in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed seven Western troops, officials said, an unusually large toll for a single incident.

Earlier in the day, NATO's International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, announced the death of a service member in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan's east. The cause of the crash was under investigation, the coalition said.

Western military officials did not immediately disclose the nationalities of the dead. Most of the troops in both the south and the east are Americans. U.S. troops make up about two-thirds of the overall NATO force.
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7 NATO troops killed in blast in southern Afghanistan