U.S. soldiers provide security near Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar province, Afghanistan, May 25, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's Company B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alexandra Campo
Seven Georgian Soldiers Killed In Southern Afghanistan -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a small truck loaded with explosives in southern Afghanistan, killing seven Georgian soldiers, NATO and Georgian officials said on Friday, and the Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility.
The attack happened on Thursday evening in Nawzad district in the battlefield province of Helmand, officials said. On May 13, three soldiers from the ex-Soviet state were killed in a similar attack in the same province.
The explosives were detonated outside a Georgian military base in Nawzad, said chief of the Georgian army joint staff, General Irakli Dzneladze.
"I offer my deepest condolences to the families of our fallen heroes and to all of Georgia," Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in a televised address. "Our duty to their memory is to continue our path towards NATO membership."
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