In Afghanistan, US soldiers along with an Afghan interpreter for the US military, have been killed in a suicide blast in the southern city of Kandahar. The provincial police chief for Kandahar Khan Mohammad Mujahid said he could not specify exactly how many troops were killed in the attack on the customs office in the city. He said the suicide attacker blew himself up inside the Kandahar customs compound which brought fatal casualties to US Army troops. The police chief said an Afghan translator of the troops has been killed but they are not clear about the number of US soldiers killed. Mr. Mujahid said the bodies of the casualties had been evacuated from the scene by US military helicopters.