Two US troops have been killed during a military operation against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group in eastern Afghanistan, according to the US Defense Department.
The incident took place on Wednesday in the southern Nangarhar province during an operation against ISIL, Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said.
The incident comes just days after US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Afghanistan as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to craft a policy in the war-torn country.
It was the third time in 2017 that a member of the US military has died in combat in Afghanistan. In total, 2,217 American soldiers have died in the country since the invasion in 2001 and another 20,000 have been wounded, according to the Pentagon.
Currently some 8,400 US troops are stationed in different bases across the country.
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