Afghanistan bomber kills 14, including 3 Americans

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle packed with explosives into a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol on Monday, killing 14 people including three Americans in the latest attack on an increasingly fraught program to help Afghan forces take over security so foreign troops can withdraw from the country over the next two years.

The attack followed more American casualties over the weekend that pushed the U.S. military’s death toll for the 11-year-war above 2,000 — a figure that has climbed steadily in recent months as attacks on the so-called “partnering” initiative have risen.