In Berlin, German Defence Ministry spokesman Thomas Raabe said that Germany was told the dead soldiers were American. "We received a message today that four American soldiers were killed in" a roadside bomb in the Kunduz area, he said. Full Article at Macleans.ca

NATO officials in Afghanistan say a roadside bomb has killed four foreign soldiers outside the northern city of Kunduz. Officials did not reveal the names or nationalities of the victims. Local officials say the four were Americans. Full Article at Voice of America

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan—A suicide car bomber struck early Monday outside the main NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing a civilian and wounding eight other people, as U.S. Marines pressed a major anti-Taliban offensive in a neighboring province. Full Article at Boston Globe