3 NATO servicemen killed in Taliban suicide attack on convoy in Afghanistan

Three members of NATO’s Resolute Support mission have been killed after a suicide bomber stuck a foreign troops patrol in eastern Afghanistan. A US serviceman and Afghan soldiers were also injured.

The attack happened at around 6am local time as the convoy was driving in the Khala Zai area of Parwan, Wahida Shahkar, spokeswoman for the Parwan governor, told local Tolo News.

US Forces confirmed that that two Afghan National Army soldiers and an American serviceman were also wounded in the assault, but would not confirm the nationalities of the deceased until the relevant national authorities are notified.