One U.S.soldier and eight Afghans killed in 'remote controlled' bomb blast

A roadside bomb exploded moments after a security patrol arrived to defuse it in Afghanistan killing a U.S. soldier and eight Afghans.

The blast occurred in the southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province last night.

Afghan security personnel and U.S.-led coalition forces were about to defuse the improvised explosive device at Kohak village in Arghandab district.

'The Afghan security forces had received information about the IED, but when they reached the area the bomb was exploded by remote control,' the district governor Shah Mohammad said, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Read More