KABUL (ABC News): Three U.S. Marines were killed by an improvised explosivedevice in Afghanistan on Monday, according to the U.S. military.
Three other Americans service members and an Afghan contractor were alsowounded in the attack, which occurred near Bagram Air Base. The woundedwere evacuated and receiving medical care.
Early reports on Monday from U.S. Forces Afghanistan incorrectly identifiedthe contractor as an American who had also been killed, but an updatedstatement on Tuesday corrected that the contractor was actually an Afghancivilian who was alive and “treated along with other injured civilians.”
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“We feel and mourn the loss of these Americans with their families andloved ones. They volunteered to protect their country. We will continue ourmission,” said Gen. Scott Miller, Commanding General of Resolute Supportand U.S. Forces Afghanistan.
