Attacks kill 3 NATO personnel in south Afghanistan

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Source: AP

KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgent attacks killed three NATO service members Friday in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance said, as Taliban-led fighters pressed a spring offensive that began at the start of this month.

NATO gave few details beyond saying that two of the service members were killed in a bomb attack and the third in a separate insurgent attack. It did not immediately announce their nationalities.

Insurgents declared the start of a spring offensive on May 1 against NATO and the Afghan government. NATO has been expecting the Taliban to stage a series of spectacular and complex attacks, and the group has carried out a number of them.

On Thursday, two back-to-back blasts killed eight U.S. troops and two Afghan policemen on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan. The second bomb detonated as troops rushed to aid those hurt in the first explosion, NATO said.

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