北约说，阿富汗南部星期二发生炸弹袭击事件，八名美国士兵和一名阿富汗平民丧生。国际部队说，还有几名士兵受伤。国际部队没有提供更多细节。
在这起致命的袭击事件发生的一天前，阿富汗发生了两起直升机坠毁事件，造成11名美军士兵和3名美国缉毒特工丧生。
另外，在卢森堡召开的欧盟外长会议承诺要增加对阿富汗的援助，并修改对阿富汗的平民援助战略。 欧盟目前每年向阿富汗提供15亿美元的民用援助。外长们没有说援助资金将增加多少。外长会议的一份文件说阿富汗的局势正在恶化。文件说，阿富汗的政治改革，管理和国家建设等方面进程过于缓慢，有些领域毫无进展。
NATO says eight U.S. service members and an Afghan civilian working for the force were killed Tuesday in bombs attacks in southern Afghanistan.The international force says several troops were also wounded. It gave no further details.
The deaths came just a day after 11 U.S. troops and three U.S. drug agents were killed in separate helicopter crashes in Afghanistan.
In Luxembourg Tuesday, European Union foreign ministers pledged to increase aid to Afghanistan and overhaul their civilian aid strategy in the country.The EU is pouring about $1.5 billion a year in civilian aid into Afghanistan. The ministers did not say how much that would increase.A document from their meeting said the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating. It said progress on political reform, governance and state-building is too slow and, in some areas, non-existent.