Bicycle Bomb Injures Two U.S. Paratroopers
From Times Wire Reports
Two U.S. paratroopers suffered minor injuries in eastern Afghanistan after explosives rigged on a parked bicycle detonated as their patrol passed, a U.S. military spokesman said.
The two soldiers, from the 82nd Airborne Division, were treated for minor cuts, Col. Roger King said. The bomb exploded as the patrol’s lead vehicle passed near the U.S. base of Salerno, outside the city of Khowst, about 90 miles southeast of the capital, Kabul.
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