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SALUTING THE BRAVE: 6 US Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 9th

MSNBC.COM/KABUL, Afghanistan - Six U.S. soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials confirmed to NBC News, on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs and insurgent attacks.

The identities soldiers were withheld pending notification of next of kin, NBC News chief Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski reported.

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.   

In addition to the six NATO deaths, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and NATO authorities said Sunday. click here to read more

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