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Eugene

(61,872 posts)
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 12:34 PM Sep 2018

U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: statement

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 / 11:30 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. service member was killed and another wounded in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement.

The service member, who has not been identified, was the sixth American to be killed in Afghanistan this year.

The incident came two months after a member of a U.S. army training unit was shot dead by an Afghan soldier in the southern province of Uruzgan.

“The sacrifice of our service member, who volunteered for a mission to Afghanistan to protect his country, is a tragic loss for all who knew and all who will now never know him,” said Gen. Scott Miller, who assumed command of NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-casualty/u-s-service-member-killed-in-afghanistan-statement-idUSKCN1LJ1MT

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U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: statement (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2018 OP
Thanks to both for their sacrifice... ADX Sep 2018 #1
Soon will be 17 years and counting. Sneederbunk Sep 2018 #2
Never ending war. mountain grammy Sep 2018 #3
still dying, for what? heaven05 Sep 2018 #4
I especially appreciated the heartfelt statement from the Commander in Chief. pazzyanne Sep 2018 #5
 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
1. Thanks to both for their sacrifice...
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 12:38 PM
Sep 2018

...Condolences to the family of the deceased and a swift, complete recovery to the wounded.

Semper Fidelis...

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
4. still dying, for what?
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 02:06 PM
Sep 2018

freedom, justice, the american way???????????????? Yeah okay. Pull our troops out let blackwater takeover. They deserve everything they get. EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And donald, why don't you lead them, from the front, bone spur traitor POS!!!

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