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Four GIs Killed by Bomb in Afghanistan
By DANIEL COONEY
The Associated Press
Sunday, August 21, 2005; 9:03 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers and wounded three Sunday as they were patrolling in southern Afghanistan, the deadliest attack on American forces here in nearly two months, the U.S. military said.
Also Sunday, a roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of U.S. Embassy vehicles, wounding two American officials, an embassy spokesman said. Police officials said the blast occurred on the western outskirts of Kabul.