U.S. Serviceman Killed In Action In Afghanistan

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FOX News: US service member killed in Afghanistan, military says

A U.S. service member died early Saturday morning while deployed in Afghanistan, military officials said.

The NATO-led Resolute Support mission gave no further details and withheld identifying the service member, pending notification to next of kin.

This death marks the 10th U.S. service member to be killed in combat in Afghanistan this year. It comes following seven rounds of U.S.-led peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar.

In a telephone interview, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed told the Associated Press that the militant group was behind Saturday's killing. He said two U.S. service personnel were killed when Taliban militants attacked a tank in Sayed Abad district of central Wardak province, some 40 miles south of Kabul. The discrepancy between the number of fatalities given by the U.S. and the Taliban could not be immediately explained, but the Taliban often exaggerate their claims.

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