U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier Dies In Operation Against ISIS
April 10 2017
The U.S. military says an Army Special Forces troops was killed Saturday in a combat operation against Islamic State terrorists in Afghanistan, reports Fox News.
The soldier was mortally wounded in fighting Khorasan, an ISIS branch, in Achin district of Nangarhar province, said a military spokesman for the NATO-led Resolute Support mission.
The circumstances of the death were unclear, said the spokesman.
This is the first American casualty in Afghanistan from hostile...
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