Afghan blasts kill foreign soldiers.6/21/2008 7:30:54 AM Officials say roadside bombs have killed five foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, the latest in a series of daily attacks that have pushed the death toll for foreign forces this year to over 100. Two Afghan soldiers also died in a bombing and several fighters were killed in each of three separate clashes with US-led multinational forces on Saturday, including one close to the capital Kabul. In the deadliest attack, a bomb killed four US-led multinational force soldiers and seriously wounded A casualty whose injuries or illness are of such severity that the patient is rendered unable to walk or sit, thereby requiring a litter for movement and evacuation. See also evacuation; litter; patient. two others in the southern province of Kandahar, a multinational force statement said. "Four coalition service members were killed and two more were seriously wounded today in an IED Noun 1. IED - an explosive device that is improvised I.E.D., improvised explosive device explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy (improvised explosive device Noun 1. improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised I.E.D., IED explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy ) strike while conducting operations in Kandahar province," the statement said. The nationalities of the soldiers was not revealed. To the east, a Polish soldier from the separate Nato-led force died when a bomb hit his patrol shortly after midnight in the Dila district Dila district is last announced district in Awdal region of somaliland (former somalia). The town of Dilla is the capital of this district with a population of 20,000. This district is very rich in agriculture being the second district of whole the country in the field of of Paktika province. Jacek Poplawski, a Polish military spokesman in Warsaw, said four other soldiers were wounded, but their lives were not in danger. The deadly attacks came a day after two other US-led soldiers were killed in separate incidents, including a suicide bombing Noun 1. suicide bombing - a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it bombing - the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists suicide bombing n → elsewhere in the country. Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed during the operation in Arghandab, a district near Kandahar city where about 500 Taliban gathered following a mass breakout from the city's main prison. The latest deaths took to 32 the number of international soldiers killed in Afghanistan since the start of this month, the deadliest month for the foreign military deployment this year. More than 20 soldiers died last month. With the latest casualties, 99 foreign soldiers have died in Afghanistan this year, according to an AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. news agency tally based on official figures. A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2008
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