A U.S. military vehicle struck a mine in central Afghanistan on Saturday, triggering an explosion that killed four American soldiers, the military said. It was unclear whether the mine was freshly laid or a leftover from the country's long wars. The soldiers were among a group of American and Afghan officials examining a potential site for a shooting range in Logar Province, south of Kabul, when one of their three vehicles hit the mine, spokeswoman Lt. Cindy Moore said. "Four U.S. soldiers were killed today when their vehicle struck a mine," Moore said. "They're looking into whether it was an old mine that might have shifted" or if the vehicle had inadvertently wandered off known safe routes, she said. The victims' bodies were airlifted to the main U.S. base at Bagram, she said. No one else was hurt.
