Four US soldiers killed in bomb attack in south Afghanistan

Four US soldiers killed in bomb attack in south Afghanistan | South China Morning Post: "Their deaths bring the toll among foreign forces to 132 this year, of which 102 are from the United States. At least 2,146 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan as a result of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. They are part of a total of nearly 3,390 coalition forces that have died during the conflict.
They were killed on the eve of the 12th anniversary of the October 7, 2001 invasion, which led to an insurgency that shows no signs of abatement and a war that has become largely forgotten in the United States and among its coalition allies despite continued casualties suffered by their forces on the ground.
Javed Faisal, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar, confirmed the four Americans were killed in the province by an IED. "