It was predicted the Taliban spring offensive would be deadly in Afghanistan……..here it comes.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan on Sunday left seven NATO soldiers dead, the alliance said, as its forces continued an anti-Taliban offensive in the world’s most fertile opium-producing region.

One roadside bombing killed six NATO soldiers dead and wounded another, the alliance said. A separate roadside bomb killed one NATO soldier and wounded two, while a clash in the east left two Afghan guards and two militants dead, officials said.

NATO’s International Security Assistance force did not identify those killed and wounded or specify the locations of the explosions.

The Taliban, meanwhile, claimed to have beheaded the kidnapped translator for an Italian journalist.

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