US soldier killed in Afghanistan

A member of the US service was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, said a press release by officials of the NATO Resolute Support Mission in the country.

The US authorities did not immediately respond to questions about the cause of the soldier's death or where the death occurred in the country.

The name of the deceased member will be published 24 hours after their next of kin has been informed.

Additional information will be published where appropriate, officials said in their statement.

According to the system of analysis of the victims of the defense, nine members of the American army, besides this last victim, were killed and 95 were wounded in Afghanistan until now in 2018.

The latest death came the day after a new report issued by the Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense, according to which little progress had been made in the reconciliation between the Afghan government and Taliban militants.

"In public statements, diplomatic and military leaders emphasized that progress was being made in achieving the goals of the South Asia Strategy," the report said. "However, progress on the road to peace remains elusive. This quarter, 65% of the Afghan population lived in areas under the control or influence of the government, a figure that has not changed in a year. "

Attacks in which a soldier wearing the uniform of the Afghan police or army is using his weapon against coalition troops also appear to be manifested this year. According to archived press releases published on the NATO Resolute Support website, there have been four insider attacks in 2018.

This is compared to no insider attack in 2017, one in 2016 and two in 2015, the year of the beginning of the Resolute Support Mission.

General Scott Miller, the highest-ranking US commander in Afghanistan, was present during an insider attack that killed a key Afghan general and injured an American general to a star on Oct. 18.

Miller gave an interview to NBC News about two weeks after the attack, claiming that the war in Afghanistan had no military solution.

"It will not be won militarily," said Miller. "It's going to a political solution."

"In my opinion, the Taliban are also realizing that they can not win militarily," he said. "So, if you realize that you can not win militarily at any given time, fight is fair, people start asking why, so you do not necessarily expect us, but I think it's time to start working. on the political side of this conflict. "