KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO has announced that an American member of the international force in Afghanistan has been killed in fighting in the country's turbulent east.
No other details about Sunday's casualty were given in accordance with standard procedure. The death was the fifth among U.S. troops in Afghanistan in September, following the deaths of more than 220 American troops over the past three months.
This year is already the bloodiest for American forces in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion, with at least 321 killed so far.
Meanwhile, the Taliban is vowing to attack polling places opening for the Sept. 18 vote. It's warning Afghans not to participate in what it calls a sham election.
