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KABUL (Reuters) – A US serviceman was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission said in a statement, bringing to eight the number of people killed in action this year. .
The identity of the service member and details of the incident will be communicated later, said Debra Richardson's spokeswoman for Resolute support in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon says there are about 14,000 US service members in Afghanistan. The US military's mission is mainly focused on guiding and assisting Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, which was ousted from power in 2001.
More than 2,400 American forces died during the 17-year war, America's longest-running conflict.
Report of Rupam Jain; Edited by Michael Perry
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