Troops killed in attack were American
The six NATO troops killed Sunday in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan were American, a US official said, without offering further details about the incident.
Eight American troops from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan and a US contractor were killed in a shooting involving an Afghan Air Force pilot at Kabul's airport on Wednesday, NATO said, in one of the deadliest incidents of ``rogue'' Afghans turning their weapons on foreign soldiers.