Two US troops injured by Afghan bomb

Two US troops have been injured by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

Afghan security officials react at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in this 2015 file photo. Source: EPA

Two US servicemembers have been injured by a roadside improvised explosive device in eastern Afghanistan.

The troops were conducting "a normal security patrol" near Jalalabad Airfield in Nangarhar province on Saturday when their vehicle hit the bomb, a US Defence official said.

They were taken to Jalalabad Airfield for treatment. There was no word on their condition.