(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT-KABUL:
The US forces and Resolute Support Mission say two American soldiers have been
killed during an operation in Afghanistan on Friday.
The US
and NATO Resolute Support mission furthered the Americans were killed while
conducting an operation on Friday, but did not provide further information
about the exact location and type of the operation.
In
accordance with US Department of Defense policy, the names of the service
members killed in action were being withheld until after notification of the
next of kin, it said.
The
statement didn't specify the location of the combat or say who the soldiers
were fighting or whether it was a joint operation with Afghan forces or not.
There
are about 14,000 US forces in Afghanistan, supporting Afghan forces and
conducting counter-terrorism operations against Taliban, ISI, al-Qaeda and some
other terrorist groups.
The US
forces support Afghan operations mostly with their air support to respond to
the increasing attacks of the Taliban.
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