2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

The NATO’s Secretary General, left, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gestures during a joint press conference with Afghan president Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 24, 2008. KABUL, Afghanistan -- A British army dog handler was fatally shot by insurgents in southern Afghanistan, where a Danish soldier died in a separate roadside bomb attack, officials said Friday. Britain's Ministry of Defense said the soldier from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps was hit by small arms fire during a patrol in the Sangin area of Helmand province on Thursday. An explosives sniffer dog also died. Six troops were wounded, all from the elite Parachute Regiment, the ministry said. None of their injuries was life-threatening. The latest death brings the number of British troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to... [read full story]