Member of the US service, 2 Afghan soldiers killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan – The US military said on Saturday that a soldier killed a soldier in Afghanistan, while two Afghan soldiers died when their helicopter failed to land properly. The brief statement of the US military did not give more details about the identity of the soldier, nor about the time and place of death.

This death brings to eight the number of combat deaths in the United States this year in Afghanistan, according to Reuters. He also comes a few weeks after the major Brent Taylor, the mayor of North Ogden, Utah, was killed in an insider attack in Kabul.

Some 15,000 American soldiers are currently serving in Afghanistan. More than 2,400 people were killed in 17 years of fighting.

The two Afghan soldiers died on Saturday when their helicopter made an "emergency landing" in southern Kandahar province because of a technical problem, said the Ministry of Defense spokesman. , Ghafor Ahmad Jawad. He added that two more soldiers had been injured when the helicopter caught fire after landing. The Taliban claim to have shot down the helicopter.

In the capital, Kabul, a veteran religious scholar was shot dead, said Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the capital's police chief. Nobody immediately claimed the assassination of Abdul Basir Haqqani, but police arrested a man with a gun near the scene of the shooting, Mujahid said.

Also on Saturday, the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said in a statement posted on its website Aamaq responsibility for the suicide bombing committed Friday at a military base in Khost province, in the 39, is the country, which killed at least 27 soldiers.

"The attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber who blew up his explosive vest (soldiers of the army)," says the statement of the Islamic State without indicating that the attack was carried out. attack took place inside a mosque of the base.

The attack took place just days after a suicide bomber's suicide in Kabul, Afghanistan, for the celebration of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The Taliban denied any involvement in the attack, which also injured 94 people.

The United States and NATO formally ended their combat mission in 2014, while providing critical support to Afghan security forces, who have been fighting for years against the resurgence of Taliban and military members. the Islamic State.

International forces have also suffered so-called internal attacks during which Afghan soldiers or police opened fire on them.