JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two personnel of foreign forces sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck their convoy in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, a local official said.
"It was 11:00 a.m. local time today when a roadside bomb organized by militants struck a convoy of foreign forces in Chaparhar district injuring two service members," the official told Xinhua but refused to be identified.
Meanwhile, NATO-led Resolute Support mission in its Twitter account confirmed that its two U.S. troopers were injured in Nangarhar after their vehicle hit an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) and no other casualties resulted.
This is the second attack on U.S. forces in the troubled eastern Nangarhar province region over the past one week.
A U.S. soldier was killed in clash with Islamic State militants in Achin district of Nangarhar province on Tuesday.
