Three Afghan soldiers killed in blast

KHOST, Afghanistan, Jan 17 (Reuters) A roadside bomb killed three Afghan soldiers in an eastern part of the country that President Hamid Karzai visited today, an army officer said.

It was not clear if the president had been in the area of Khost province when the explosion went off by the soldiers' vehicle, said senior army officer Murad Ali. Four soldiers were wounded, he said.

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