Two U.S. Troops Killed In Afghanistan Attack

[Purveyor]

Source: USA Today

Jim Michaels, USA TODAY 5:29 p.m. EDT August 26, 2015

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. servicemen were killed Wednesday by a gunman dressed in an Afghan security forces uniform who fired on them at a base in southern Afghanistan. It was the latest in a recent string of U.S. deaths in the war-torn country.

Coalition soldiers returned fire, wounding the gunman and another person in an Afghan security forces uniform, according to a coalition statement.

Last weekend, three American contractors were killed in a car bomb attack in Kabul. This month, an Army Green Beret was killed on a NATO base in Kabul.

Despite the recent spate of attacks, U.S. and coalition casualties are down dramatically in Afghanistan compared with prior years. The fewer casualties reflect a decrease in the number of American troops in the country as Afghan security forces take the lead in battling insurgents.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/08/26/two-us-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack/32419477/

[zeemike]

1. I thought we ended that war.

Well I gues not.

[classof56]

2. Damn!