US troops injured by Afghan bomb

A ROADSIDE bomb wounded six US troops in the same mountainous area where a commando team was ambushed and a special forces helicopter shot down last month, the US military said yesterday.

Militants opened fire on the US convoy after the blast yesterday in Kunar province’s Asadabad district, prompting US forces to launch air strikes and artillery fire against suspected enemy positions, a US military statement said. It was not immediately known if any enemy fighters were killed or wounded, it said.

The wounded US troops were in stable condition after being taken to an airfield in nearby Parwan province for medical treatment.