US | Afghanistan 5 US Troops Killed in Wave of Afghan Attacks Including 5 American soldiers By Kevin Spak Posted Jan 9, 2009 7:42 AM CST Copied An Afghan official inspects the wreckage of a car used in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a convoy of NATO's military forces in Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Fraidoon Pooyaa) Three American soldiers were killed today when their Humvee hit a roadside bomb in Southern Afghanistan, and two were killed yesterday, as a string of attacks took 18 lives in the country over the past two days. Earlier today a suicide bomber blew himself up in a fruit shop in Nimroz province, killing a local police commander and at least nine others. Yesterday, a suicide bomber drove an explosive-packed car into a crowded Kandahar bazaar, killing two American soldiers and three Afghan civilians, while wounding another 21. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for that attack in a telephone interview with the New York Times. Read These Next Online boo-bears go after the demo firm tearing White House apart. Plane windshield partially shatters mid-flight. There's a suspect. A well-known nutrition influencer died after a home birth. 'Butt-breathing' could be the future for struggling patients. Report an error