Bombings kill dozens of foreign and domestic soldiers in Marjah

HELMAND, Mar. 12 - Some nine Afghan soldiers including a commander were killed on Friday, Mar. 12, as their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb panted on the leading to Block Now area of Marjah, causing the vehicle to be smashed into pieces.

Later at noon, another blast ripped into a U.S tank in Dasht near Abdullah Qulf area of Marjah, killing all the U.S soldiers in the tank.

Meanwhile, two consecutive blasts tore through the foreign coalition foot patrol, leaving 4 soldiers dead as well as 6 wounded in Hundu Suzu area of Marjah town.

In another incident, at least 7 Afghan soldiers were killed or injured in a bomb attack that struck their vehicle on the road between Chor and Mula Dust Muhammad Char Rahi areas of Marjah, in the later afternoon hours of the same day.

However, one of the IED's blasts went off near the combined foot patrol of Afghan and foreign coalition troops that left 3 dead and 3 wounded.

Likewise, Mujahideen, during a one-hour long gun battle in Civic Gharbi area of Marja, killed a coalition soldier besides terribly hurting another two, on Friday afternoon.

According to a recent report, a blast struck a U.S tank on Friday evening near Shawl area of Marjah, leaving the tank on fire and killing American soldiers on board who were airlifted right after the incident.

Source: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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