An Afghan man collects victims' belongings at the scene of an explosion at a cemetery in Lashkar Gah, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. A bomb hidden in the cemetery exploded Sunday as a police official and his family were visiting the grave of a relative, killing the official and his brother, police said.
(AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)
3 NATO service members killed in Afghan attack
An Afghan man collects victims' belongings at the scene of an explosion at a cemetery in Lashkar Gah, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. A bomb hidden in the cemetery exploded Sunday as a police official and his family were visiting the grave of a relative, killing the official and his brother, police said.
(AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)
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Mirwais Khan and Amir Shah
Associated Press
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August 19, 2012
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KABUL, Afghanistan—NATO says three international service members have been killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan.
The military alliance says in a statement that the troops died on Sunday.
The coalition did not provide their nationalities or further details about the bombing. Most of the troops in eastern Afghanistan are American, but there are also service members in the region from other countries.
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