Two suspected Taliban suicide bombers died Thursday when explosives they were strapping to their bodies exploded prematurely in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The blast follows a string of suicide attacks and comes days after a top rebel commander claimed that more than 200 insurgents were willing to kill themselves in assaults on U.S. forces and their allies. Militants also used a roadside bomb to wound two U.S. troops driving in a desert in southern Helmand province Thursday, a military statement said. A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammed Yousaf, claimed responsibility. The attack came a day after a U.S. soldier was killed and two others wounded in another roadside bombing in mountains in eastern Afghanistan. This year has been the deadliest in Afghanistan since U.S.-led forces ousted the Taliban in 2001 for harboring Usama bin Laden. The fighting has killed more than 1,500 people as militants belonging to the Taliban, Al Qaeda and other groups have stepped up attacks...
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