29 April 2017

News Story: Two U.S. soldiers possibly killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan - Pentagon

WASHINGTON, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon said on Friday that two U.S. servicemen killed on Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan may have been struck by friendly fire.

"We are investigating the circumstances of the combat deaths of the two Army Rangers in the beginning of what was an intense three-hour fire fight," Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis told reporters here.

"It is possible these Rangers were struck by friendly fire," he said.

According to the Pentagon, the two U.S. soldiers were killed during an operation in southern Nangarhar, Afghanistan, during an operation against the Islamic State's (IS) Afghanistan affiliate ISIS Khorasan.

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