Two American Soldiers Wounded in Attack in Kabul

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Two American Soldiers Wounded in Attack in Kabul

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Two American Special Forces soldiers and their Afghan translator were injured when an attacker threw a grenade into their jeep at a busy intersection in downtown Kabul this afternoon, American and Afghan military officials said.

It was the first direct attack on American soldiers in Kabul since the Taliban fell from power late last year.

Bystanders and the police seized the attackers, two of whom admitted trying to kill the Americans, police officials said. The wounded men were helped into a taxi and taken to the hospital in the base of the international security force in Kabul, witnesses said. All three were treated at the base, a military spokesman said.

The soldiers are part of a Special Forces unit that is training the nascent Afghan National Army at a base on Kabul's outskirts, an American military spokesman said in a statement sent by e-mail.

American troops have been attacked in southern and eastern areas of Afghanistan, and in the city of Kandahar in particular, where sympathies for the Taliban remain strong. Kabul has suffered from occasional explosions and rocket attacks, but American troops have not been a direct target.

Source: Agencies

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