By NBC's Courtney Kube and wire reports
A suicide bomber detonated a device in Afghanistan on Monday, killing?three U.S. soldiers, one interpreter and four members of the Afghan National Police, a military official told NBC News.
Anwarullah / Reuters
The U.S. soldiers and Afghan police were on a dismounted partner patrol near the center of the Khost region in eastern Afghanistan. The?attacker approached and detonated as they?were preparing to get back in their vehicles.
Six civilians also died in the attack, Reuters reported.?
Despite reports that the bomber was riding a motorcycle, the official said there was no evidence of that. The official added that the?dead interpreter is thought to be Afghan.
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On Saturday night, an Afghan soldier approached Americans, killing a soldier and a contractor; with that, the number of soldiers killed in Afghanistan is around 2,100 in the United States' 11-year-war in the country. Insider attacks have become increasingly common ? and no one seems to have a good answer about how to stop them. NBC's Lester Holt and Richard Engel report from Kabul.
A witness told Reuters a suicide bomber was wearing a police uniform.
The bombing followed the killing of two Americans on Sunday in an exchange of fire with Afghan forces.
Insider attacks by members of the Afghan security forces against NATO allies have resulted in at least 52 deaths this year among foreign forces and this month prompted a tightening of rules for joint patrols between coalition and Afghan forces.?
Reuters contributed to this report.
The Third Infantry Division is used to being deployed. For the last 10 years, it has virtually been on the Pentagon's speed dial; now, after multiple deployments to Iraq, the Third I-D has been sent to Afghanistan for the first time. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
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