The Associated Press
Thursday, August 3, 2006; 12:20 PM

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Taliban fighters killed three NATO soldiers in an attack in southern Afghanistan Thursday, a NATO spokesman said. The insurgents attacked the soldiers with rocket-propelled grenades near a school on the outskirts of the city of Kandahar, a NATO statement said.

Six soldiers were injured, but their wounds were not life-threatening, it said.

The statement did not identify the soldiers' nationalities.

A Canadian soldier from the NATO force was killed and four were wounded in roadside bombings near Kandahar Thursday.

NATO took over command of insurgency-wracked southern Afghanistan from the U.S.-led coalition Monday.