

Six NATO soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, July 8, after an insurgent attack in the south killed one foreign soldier, coalition statements said.
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The deaths take the number of NATO troops killed in the last two days to eight, one of the deadliest periods of violence for foreign troops in weeks.
A string of roadside bombs and clashes in the south killed at least 24 Afghan civilians and police earlier on Sunday, July 8.