Two US service members killed in Afghanistan

By: Kyle Rempfer

Soldiers pop yellow smoke to mark the landing zone for an incoming UH-60 Blackhawk. Two U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to NATO’s Resolute Support mission there. (Army) (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Timothy Yao)

Two U.S. service members were killed Wednesday in Afghanistan.

The troop deaths were announced by NATO’s Resolute Support mission to the country in a press release Wednesday afternoon.

“In accordance with U.S. Department of Defense policy, the names of the service members killed in action are being withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin is complete,” the release reads.

These two deaths add to the 12 U.S. troops already killed in action so far this year, nine of which have been soldiers, according to the Defense Casualty Analysis System.

Another 77 soldiers have been wounded this year.

The last two U.S. deaths were paratroopers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, who were killed in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province, in a suspected insider attack in late July.

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