Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan, NATO Says

Two U.S. service members have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, NATO says.

Lt. Col. Todd Vician says the two were killed by a bomb explosion in Zabul province late Thursday morning. He did not have any further details.

Jilani Farahe, deputy chief of police for the province, said a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near the gate of a NATO base. He said no civilians had been hurt in the blast.