Initial reports indicate there are multiple US casualties after an attack on a joint US-Afghanistan operation in eastern Afghanistan, a defense official says
Initial reports indicate there are multiple US casualties after an attack on a joint US-Afghanistan operation in the Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, one defense official told CNN.
The official cannot say how many US service members may be dead or wounded. And as is often the case early in these incidents, information could change as more details are learned.The US military is saying very little officially. "A combined U.S. and Afghan force conducting an operation in Nangarhar province was engaged by direct fire on Feb. 8. We are assessing the situation and will provide further updates as they become available," Col.
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