U.S. Soldier Killed, Two Wounded in Afghanistan

KABUL -- An American soldier died of wounds after fighting in eastern Afghanistan, the fourth U.S. fatality in just over a month in operations against Taliban and al Qaeda militants in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Two U.S. soldiers were wounded and two opposing fighters were killed in the fighting on Monday near Shkin in Paktika province close to the Pakistan border, U.S. military spokesman Colonel Rodney Davis told reporters at Bagram air base north of Kabul. Posted by Editor at September 30, 2003 10:46 AM