5 US Soldiers Killed in War Attacks in Afghanistan, February 26-27, 2009

5 US Soldiers Killed in War Attacks in Afghanistan

February 26-27, 2009

NATO troop killed in southern Afghanistan

By Heidi Vogt, Associated Press Writer – Fri Feb 27, 3:14 am ET

KABUL –

A NATO troop has been killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Friday.

The service member died in an explosion in Zabul province Thursday, NATO'S International Security Assistance Force said. A spokesman declined to provide further details.

NATO forces typically do not release the nationalities of troops killed or wounded, leaving such statements to their home country. A number of countries have troops in Zabul, including Romania, Canada, the United States and Britain.

Afghanistan's southern provinces continue to be Taliban strongholds wracked by violence, even years after the overthrow of the hard-line Islamist regime in 2001.

President Barack Obama has ordered another 17,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to try to fight back the strengthening insurgency. They will add to 38,000 American troops already in Afghanistan.

Md. soldier killed in Afghanistan

By Brent Jones Baltimore Sun, 9:42 PM EST, February 26, 2009

A soldier from Potomac was killed Tuesday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle, the Department of Defense said.

Capt. Brian M. Bunting, 29, a member of the Individual Ready Reserve, was assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of Syracuse, N.Y., Pentagon officials said. A 27th Infantry Brigade spokesman said Bunting stayed in Afghanistan with the 33rd Combat Team based out of St. Louis after his unit was called home. The spokesman had no further information.

Officials from the 33rd Combat Team could not be reached for comment tonight. Bunting's family declined to comment.

Three other soldiers were killed in the attack.

Oklahoma soldier killed in Afghanistan

News OK, February 26, 2009

A soldier with Oklahoma ties was among four soldiers killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Kandahar, Afghanistan, according to a military news release.

Sgt. Schuyler Patch, 25, whose hometown is listed as Owasso by the Department of Defense, enlisted in the Oklahoma Army National Guard in March 2005 before transferring to the Illinois Army National Guard in November 2007, the release states. He had previously been deployed to Iraq with his Oklahoma unit from June 2006 to May 2007. The Illinois Guard said he currently lives in Galva, Ill.

Patch was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry based in Kewanee, Ill. He was promoted posthumously to sergeant from the rank of specialist.

Also killed were Sgt. Scott Stream, 39, of Mattoon, Ill., Sgt. Daniel Thompson, 24, of Madison, Wisc., Capt. Brian Bunting, 29, of Potomac, Md., and an Afghan civilian working with coalition forces, the military said.

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