7 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

[lancdem]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20040129/ap_on_re_as/afghan_us_soldiers_killed

KABUL, Afghanistan - An explosion at a weapons cache in Afghanistan (news - web sites) killed seven U.S. soldiers and wounded three more Thursday, the U.S. Central Command said. One American soldier was missing.
An Afghan interpreter also was wounded by the 3 p.m. explosion near the city of Ghazni, 60 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul. The soldiers were working around a weapons cache when the blast happened, Centcom said in a statement.
Centcom spokesman Capt. Bruce Frame said the cause had yet to be determined.
The cause of Thursday's weapons cache blast was not immediately known. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to a hospital at Bagram Air Base, headquarters for U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan.

[Skittles]

1. plus one missing

terrible

[Moderator]

2. dupe

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