A US soldier died overnight of injuries received after fighting in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province, where at least 25 people were killed at the weekend in battles with hundreds of suspected Taliban, the US military said.
“A Special Operations Service member died as a result of injuries received during operations in the vicinity of Urgon, in Paktika province, Afghanistan yesterday (Wednesday),” the US military said in a statement from Central Command in Tampa, Florida.
No further details were given on what it described as a “hostile fire incident”.
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