Two Dutch soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast
April 18th, 2010 - 3:03 am ICT by BNO NewsKABUL (BNO NEWS) — Two Dutch soldiers were killed after an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a source told BNO News.
The service members were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack that happened in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province. Peter van Uhm, the Commander of the Dutch armed forces, will make a statement at 9.30 p.m. local time.
Saturday’s casualties bring the total number number of coalition troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year to 150, according to a BNO News tally. Most of the casualties - 90 - were from the United States, and most of whom died in improvised explosive device (IED) attacks.
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