The US has sent an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan since December Seven US soldiers have been killed in two bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says.
Five troops were killed by a roadside bomb in one incident while two others died in a separate bomb attack, Isaf said in a statement.
Witnesses in Kandahar said a US Army vehicle hit a bomb in the early afternoon, the Associated Press said.
Fourteen US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in the last three days.
The US has sent an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan since December 2009 in an effort to defeat the Taliban.
News of the attacks comes a week after a senior US general in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama’s July 2011 deadline to begin pulling troops out of the country was encouraging the Taliban.
More than 1,200 US soldiers have died in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001.
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.