Four US-led coalition soldiers have been killed by a bomb explosion in the southern Afghanistan province of Kandahar, military officials have said.

Two more soldiers were seriously wounded when a roadside bomb exploded as the men were conducting operations.

The nationalities of the soldiers were not immediately known.

Earlier this week Nato and Afghan forces said they had driven many Taleban fighters from the area during a major offensive in the province.

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Deadly blast in south Afghanistan ... Afghan officials say 56 Taleban and two Afghan troops died in the fighting on Thursday, in Arghandab district near Kandahar city, but there was no independent confirmation.

The operation was in response to a massive jailbreak staged by the Taleban from Kandahar prison earlier this month, during which at least 350 insurgents were freed.

Kandahar is one of the key battlegrounds of the current rebel insurgency against Afghanistan's government and troops from Nato and a US-led coalition.

(BBC)

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