Wire: 3 Americans Killed in Afghanistan

Off the Wire:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2010 -- Newswire services this afternoon reported that NATO says two U.S. servicemembers and one U.S. employee have been killed in eastern Afghanistan.

A statement says the deaths occurred Friday but gives no details. It says the incident is under investigation and no further information is available at this time.

At least 29 American deaths have been reported in Afghanistan so far this month. That's double the 14 in all of January last year.

(Report from newswire sources.)