4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
May 29, 9:31 PM (ET)
By STEPHEN GRAHAM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Four members of the American special forces were killed in action in a southern Afghan province at the heart of a stubborn Taliban-led insurgency, the U.S. military said Sunday.
The victims died Saturday in Zabul province, about 240 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul, military spokeswoman Master Sgt. Cindy Beam said in an e-mailed statement. She gave no details of how they were killed.
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The toll was among the worst suffered by U.S. forces since the start of the war which toppled the Taliban in late 2001 for harboring al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
It brings the total number of American service personnel who have died in and around Afghanistan since the start of the U.S. war on terrorism to at least 89, including 55 killed in action.
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