4 US soldiers killed in Southern A-stan

[MetalBoy]

I can't find any official reports on the internet about this news, but I just saw a breaking story on FOX News that 4 US soldiers of the Joint Special Operations Command in Afghanistan were killed in a shootout with Taliban forces in the Southern Zabul province. God Bless them, and hopefully they took out many times that number of enemy fighters.

[seruriermarshal]

I'm not hear about this event , hope allies soldiers safe .

[American Patriot]

RIP

[ariweiner]

4 U.S. military personnel killed in Afghanistan
******* News Service

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Four U.S. military personnel were killed in action in Afghanistan today, one of the biggest losses for American forces since the fall of the Taliban which comes amid signs of a growing militant insurgency in the south.

A brief statement from the U.S. military in Kabul said that the four service members were from the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, Afghanistan, suggesting that it was special forces troops who were killed.

A spokeswoman said she had no more details of the incident, which took to 90 the number of fatalities suffered by the Americans in Afghanistan, 56 of them in combat.

The service members died in the southern province of Zabul, where remnants from the ousted Taliban have staged a series of attacks in recent months.

More than 700 people have died in violence since last August, most of it blamed on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters bent on disrupting landmark elections due to be held in September.

They have declared a "jihad," or holy war against foreign and Afghan troops and aid organizations. The U.S. military has admitted that an insurgency concentrated in the south and east of the country has gathered pace in the last two months.

Also today, seven Afghan soldiers and four Taliban guerrillas were killed in clashes in the southern province of Helmand, according to local officials.

Around 20 government troops were also wounded in what appeared to be four simultaneous and coordinated attacks by suspected Taliban on official targets.

Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul used to be strongholds of the hardline Islamic Taliban before it was ousted by U.S.-led forces in late 2001.

There are some 20,000 U.S.-led soldiers in Afghanistan hunting remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida.

[100_Percent_HOOAH]

RIP, We will never forget your service.

[seruriermarshal]

REGIMENTAL PRAYER

Almighty, merciful, and loving Father,
you are the one who hears all our prayers and grants our petitions.

We ask you to remember, as we do,
the tremendous sacrifice made by those who went before us.
They have given their lives so that we might live and breathe freely.
We ask you to receive them into your hands.

Father, give us the strength and wisdom to learn from their example,
to uphold freedom and life at home and around the world.

Keep us vigilant as we guard the frontiers of freedom.

Give our leaders the wisdom and the strength to lead well.

Grant all of us courage and confidence.
Be, for all of us, troopers, a wise counsel in keeping peace
and a strong shield for us against our enemies.
Oh heavenly Father, give us the determination
that the peace and freedom won at such a high price be lasting!

Father, hold all of the troopers in the palm of your almighty hand
and protect them in the shadow of your wings.

Amen.

[Khabbi]

RIP :petting:

[2RHPZ]

:( RIP

We will remember them!