U.S. calls in air strikes after Afghan convoy hit

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 7 (Reuters) - U.S. troops called in air strikes after a military convoy came under attack in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province on Monday, a senior Afghan official said.

Uruzgan's governor Jan Mohammad Khan told Reuters that one of four vehicles in the U.S. convoy was hit by a blast in Deh Rawud district, but he did not know if this had caused any casualties.

However an official in Deh Rawud, who did not want to be identified, said he saw four U.S. servicemen being taken by stretcher to a helicopter after the blast.

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