ISLAMABAD –Afghan Taliban killed yet another US Military soldier inAfghanistan.
The Taliban said their fighters killed a US service member in Afghanistanon Monday and posted photographs of a blood-soaked backpack and theidentity card of a American soldier to prove it.
The US military said in a statement an American service member was ‘killedin action’, but gave no details and withheld the name of the service memberuntil the next of kin were informed.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said they killed the USforce member in a blast in the northern province of Kunduz.
“Our fighters killed a US force member and injured an Afghan commando,”Mujahid said in a text message, which included the photographs.
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About 20,000 foreign troops, most of them American, are in Afghanistan aspart of a US-led NATO mission to train, assist and advise Afghan forces.Some US. forces carry out counter-terrorism operations against Islamistmilitant groups.
More than a dozen foreign force members have been killed in Afghanistan in2019.
