US soldier is killed in Afghanistan making him the second American service member to die in the country this month
By: CHANTALLE EDMUNDS FOR MAILONLINE AND AP - Updated: 10:35 EST, 11-24-18
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- A brief U.S. military statement did not provide details on how the soldier was killed or his identity
- The service member is the second U.S. soldier to die in Afghanistan this month
- Major Brent Taylor, 39, a member of the U.S. Army National Guard and the mayor of North Ogden, Utah, died in an insider attack in Kabul in early November
A member of the U.S. military has been killed in Afghanistan on Saturday becoming the second American service member to die in the country this month.
The brief U.S. military statement did not provide further details of how the soldier was killed or his identity.
The U.S. soldier's death comes just weeks after Major Brent Taylor, 39, a member of the U.S. Army National Guard and the mayor of North Ogden, Utah, died in an insider attack in Kabul.
Taylor, a father of seven, was on his fourth deployment and a second tour of Afghanistan.
Insider attacks have been a growing problem for the U.S. in Afghanistan. Three insider attacks took place over three weeks in late October and early November.
In a separate incident two Afghan soldiers also died Saturday when their helicopter made an 'emergency landing' in the southern Kandahar province due to a technical problem, Defense Ministry spokesman Ghafor Ahmad Jawad said. He said two other soldiers were wounded when the helicopter caught fire after landing. The Taliban claim to have shot the helicopter down.
In the capital, Kabul, a senior religious scholar was shot and killed, said Basir Mujahid, a spokesman for the capital's police chief. No one immediately claimed the killing of Abdul Basir Haqqani, but police arrested a man with a pistol near the scene of the shooting, Mujahid said.
Also Saturday, the Islamic States group in statement posted on its Aamaq website claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on Friday inside an army base in eastern Khost province which killed at least 27 army soldiers.
'The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who detonated his explosive vest among them (army soldiers),' the IS statement said, without mentioned that the attack occurred inside a mosque at the base.
On Thursday President Donald Trump hinted at a possible visit to troops in Afghanistan. The president is yet to visit military members in Afghanistan or Iraq.
The U.S. and NATO formally concluded their combat mission in 2014, but still provide vital support to Afghan security forces, who have been struggling in recent years to combat a resurgent Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate. Some 15,000 U.S. soldiers are currently serving in Afghanistan.
International forces have also suffered from so-called insider attacks in recent months, in which Afghan soldiers or police have opened fire on them.
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