Seven US soldiers have been killed in two bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says.
Five troops were killed by a roadside bomb in one incident while two others died in a separate bomb attack, Isaf said in a statement.
Witnesses in Kandahar said a US Army vehicle hit a bomb in the early afternoon, the Associated Press said.
Fourteen US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in the last three days.
Meanwhile, the governor of the Lalpor District in Nangarhar Province was killed by a car bomb in the city of Jalalabad on Monday, according to police spokesman Ghafor Khan.
The bomb, which had been planted on the vehicle, exploded while it was driving into a government compound, said Mr Khan.
Governor Syad Mohammad Palawan was reportedly travelling to a meeting of provincial security and political leaders when he was killed. U.S. Army
