KANDAHAR – At least two US soldiers have been killed in an insider attackat Shawalikot district in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province.
According to a statement released by NATO stated that the soldiers had beenkilled, however, it didn’t release their names in accordance withdepartment of defence policy.
In a statement, Operation Resolute Support said that attack has increasedtotal fatalities of US soldiers in Afghanistan this year to 14.
The deaths of the two service members on Monday bring to 12 the number ofAmerican forces killed in Afghanistan this year, the same number as all of2018.
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Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the number of US troopsin Afghanistan would reduce by 2020.
There are around 14,000 US troops still stationed in Afghanistan.
