2 US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

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The military says the attack took place on Saturday but provided no other information about the incident.

Earlier this month, a suicide bomber² attacked a joint³ Afghan-NATO patrol in the region, killing⁴ at least 14 people. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

On Friday, U.S. Defense⁵ Secretary Leon Panetta said Afghanistan's president needed to show the international coalition⁶ troops who are fighting and dying in his country some gratitude⁷ instead of criticizing them. 

Panetta was responding to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's remarks a day earlier, in which he said the U.S. was failing to go after Pakistan-based militants⁸ and was instead concentrating on the insurgents⁹ in Afghanistan.

Panetta said, "I think it would be helpful if the president every once and awhile expressed his thanks for the sacrifices that have been made by those who have fought and died for Afghanistan, rather than criticizing them."

Tensions between Washington and Kabul have escalated¹⁰ over an increase in insider attacks, in which Afghan security force members, or militants posing as security force members, turn their guns on coalition troops.

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