A U.S. service member died Wednesday after suffering fatal wounds during an operation against the Afghanistan branch of ISIS, according to a U.S. Forces-Afghanistan statement.
It is the 11th death of a U.S. service member in the country in 2017.
The incident took place during a partnered operation with U.S. and Afghan Forces in Eastern Afghanistan.
Several U.S and Afghan forces were injured during the operation which was “aimed at further reducing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan presence in Afghanistan,”
according to the statement.
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