BOLDUAN: Horrible news out of Afghanistan. A roadside bomb there has killed three U.S. servicemembers, wounded four other Americans. Barbara Starr is at the Pentagon with more. Barbara, what are you picking up?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Kate. This is, according to the Pentagon, the single-largest loss of life in ground combat in three years, in the last three years in Afghanistan. Three Americans killed, three additional wounded, as well as a contractor. They hit an IED while in their vehicle, we're told, in the area south of the capital of Kabul. This is an area where the Taliban had been resurgent and, in recent weeks, the U.S. has sent troops in the region to try to help local Afghan forces get a handle on the security situation there. Of course, this is the general area where just last week we saw the top U.S. commander, four-star general, Scott Miller, carrying his M-4 carbine as he moved through this area, an area where security, as in so many areas of Afghanistan, has been problematic. Three American families getting the worst possible news this holiday season -- Kate?</s>BOLDUAN: Absolutely right.
New Attack in Afghanistan Kills 3 U.S. Servicemembers.