US Special Operations Soldier Killed, Another Wounded in East Afghanistan

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAMJMNK1ND.html

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - An American soldier was killed when his vehicle struck an explosive device in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, a U.S. military spokesman said Saturday.

The special operations soldier was killed Friday near Asadabad, the capital of Kunar, where U.S.-led coalition forces launched a large operation a week ago, spokesman Col. Rodney Davis said.

The soldier's name was withheld pending notification of his family, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement from its headquarters in Tampa, Fla.

A U.S. soldier was also reported wounded. It was not known if that soldier was hurt in the same explosion. Davis - speaking at a briefing in Bagram, the U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan - would not provide details.

more

[smallprint]

1. kick

[IndianaGreen]

2. He was with the Special Forces

He was with the Special Forces and these guys are very hard to replace. The Taliban is resurgent thanks to Karzai's incompetence and the warlords's abuses of the civilian population. When given a choice between order and anarchy, people will always choose order. The Taliban brought law and order to Afghanistan, while it was very harsh, more Afghans are tired of the lawlessness of the present situation than they are fearful of the Taliban.

We lost Afghanistan!