Attacks in Afghanistan kill 5 NATO troops
RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press= KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bombs and an insurgent attack claimed the lives of five coalition troops Wednesday, NATO said, while the Taliban took aim at the Afghan intelligence services, killing four people and wounding more than 30 in a pair of attacks, officials said. The violence follows a surprise visit to Kabul a day earlier by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who praised coalition advances made against the insurgency while noting that the gains were “fragile and reversible.” Biden left Afghanistan for neighboring Pakistan Wednesday morning. Roadside bombs have been the most deadliest weapon in the insurgent arsenal against international forces in the…
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