O-6 (Col.) , two O-5s (LTC) among 5 killed in convoy blast

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Afghan policemen and U.S. soldiers cordon off an area after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed 18 people, including five U.S. soldiers.


O-6, two O-5s among 5 killed in convoy blast
By David Larter - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday May 20, 2010 17:40:41 EDT

A suicide bomb attack in Kabul on Tuesday killed five American soldiers, the highest number killed in a single attack in seven months.

A colonel and two lieutenant colonels were among those killed in the attack, marking the first time during the Afghanistan war that three officers of those ranks were killed in a single incident.

Early on Tuesday, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device after targeting a convey traveling down Kabul’s Darulaman Road.

The Defense Department on Wednesday identified the soldiers.

• Col. John M. McHugh, 46, of New Jersey, assigned to the Army Battle Command Training Program, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.