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Two US soldiers have been killed and two were wounded in action during a raid on Taliban positions in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, the commander of the American task force in Afghanistan said in a statement.Two US soldiers have been killed and two were wounded in action during a raid on Taliban positions in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, the commander of the American task force in Afghanistan said in a statement.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW The US troops came under fire while conducting a joint operation with Afghan forces to clear a Taliban position and disrupt the group’s operations in the Kunduz district, General John W. Nicholson, commander of US Forces in Afghanistan (USFOR-A), said on Thursday.
No other details regarding the operation were immediately available. The Pentagon has withheld the names of the soldiers due to “pending next-of-kin notification,” but said additional information would be released later.
Taliban militants have intensified their attacks in various parts of Afghanistan, including Kunduz probince. In October, Afghan troops fought to regain control of the city of Kunduz after Taliban fighters pushed into the center of the provincial capital that they had briefly captured last year.
The fall of Kunduz in 2015 has been one of the most serious defeats to the Western-backed Kabul government since the withdrawal of most NATO troops in 2014.
In August, Stratfor, a US-based private intelligence agency, said in a report that Taliban fighters are now operating in more Afghan territories than prior to the 2001 US invasion. They have made those territorial gains despite the efforts of the Western-trained Afghan army and US troops to push forward in other provinces.