Six U.S. soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a bomb attack on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.

The soldiers, assigned to Task Force Lightning, were conducting combat operations in Salahudin province north of the capital when a roadside bomb struck their convoy, the military said in a statement.

The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, it added.

Since the U.S.-led war in Iraq broke out in March 2003, more than 3,175 U.S. soldiers have been killed in the country, according to media count based on Pentagon figures.

Source: Xinhua