U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

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KABUL, Afghanistan - An American soldier was killed and three others wounded in a clash with militants in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) early Monday, the U.S. military said. It was the second American fatality in as many days.


Spokesman Maj. Mark McCann said the firefight occurred near Asadabad in Kunar province after two homemade bombs targeting coalition forces went off.


"Resulting from that engagement ... one U.S. soldier was killed and three were wounded," he told a news conference.


Kunar is part of a swath of southern and eastern Afghanistan where insurgents continue to defy the 18,000-strong U.S.-led force still hunting remnants of the former ruling Taliban regime and al-Qaida, three years after the Islamic hard-liners were ousted from power.

Another "mission accomplished" back at The Forgotten War.

http://icasualties.org/OEF/

01/03/05 CENTCOM: CONFIRMED;: COALITION SOLDIER KILLED, 3 WOUNDED
A U.S. service member was killed in action and three were wounded by an improvised explosive device Monday morning in Kunar Province.

01/03/05 CENTCOM: CONFIRMED; : US SOLDIER, AFGHAN CITIZEN KILLED
One U.S. soldier and one Afghan citizen were killed early this morning near Shindand Airfield in Herat Province during an exchange of gunfire while coalition forces were searching a compound.