18 killed in Afghanistan

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18 killed in Afghanistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (UPI) -- At least five U.S. soldiers and 11 Shia Pakistanis and an Afghan civilian died Saturday in bombings and ambushes, officials said.

The U.S. military reported a sixth U.S. soldier was killed in an accidental explosion, the BBC said.

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in eastern Afghanistan and two in southern Afghanistan. Two were killed in roadside explosions, and three in apparent ambushes, The New York Times said.

The deaths were part of a rising tide of violence in Afghanistan. NATO reported more coalition soldiers were killed in June than in any other month since the invasion in 2001.

In eastern Afghanistan, gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Pakistani Shia tribesmen between Kurram and Peshawar, the BBC reported. The bus was on a route that avoids a dangerous highway in Pakistan by making a detour into Afghanistan.

In Kandahar, a man was killed when he drove by as a motorcycle rigged to explode blew up. The explosion also damaged a shopping center.
 
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