U.S. Green Beret Killed In Action In Afghanistan

A U.S. service member, not pictured, was killed in action today in Afghanistan. (Senior Airman Rito Smith/Air Force)

Reuters: U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said, after the collapse of talks between the United States and Taliban to end the nearly 18-year old war.

It said the service member was killed in action but did not provide further details.

This brings the number of U.S. service members killed in combat in Afghanistan to 17 this year.

A little more than a week ago, U.S. President Donald Trump called off talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders planned for Camp David, Maryland, after an American soldier was killed by a suicide bomber in the capital Kabul earlier this month.

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WNU Editor: From Task & Purpose ..... A total of 20 U.S. troops have been killed supporting operations in Afghanistan so far in 2019. Seventeen of those troops were killed in combat. The other three died in non-combat incidents. At least two U.S. military veterans who were working as defense contractors have also died in Afghanistan.

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