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  • Tuesday ,05 July 2011
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4 coalition troops killed in Afghanistan

By-CNN

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Tuesday ,05 July 2011

4 coalition troops killed in Afghanistan

 Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Four NATO-led troops were killed in separate incidents in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

Three of the four died in a bombing; the fourth after an insurgent attack. The force did not disclose the precise location and the nationalities.
This comes a day after a British soldier who was reported missing from a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan early Monday was found dead later in the day as the country's prime minister paid a visit to the country.
After an "extensive search," fellow ISAF members found his body in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province, Lt. Col. Tim Purbrick, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, in a statement. The soldier had suffered gunshot wounds. His identity was not immediately released.
British Prime Minister David Cameron canceled some of the activities on his itinerary so the soldiers could focus on the search. He was quoted as saying his "thoughts all day have been with that young man and trying to help the military find him."
He was able to greet troops at Camp Bastion in Helmand on Monday and address U.S. and British soldiers and on Tuesday, he met with President Hamid Karzai.