A roadside bomb struck a US military convoy in eastern Baghdad, killing two US soldiers, the US military said on Thursday.

"Two Task Force Baghdad soldiers were killed on Oct. 26 when their convoy struck an improvised explosive device in eastern Baghdad," the military said in a statement.

The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, the statement said.

The incident is under investigation, it added.

Over 2,000 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the US- led invasion in March 2003.

Source: Xinhua