Taliban kill US force member in northern Afghanistan
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TheTalibansaid their fighterskilled aUSservicememberinAfghanistanon Monday and posted photographs of a blood-soaked backpack and the identity card of an American soldier to prove it.
TheUSDefense Department said Michael Goble, aUSArmy sergeant from New Jersey, died on Monday from "injuries sustained while his unit was engaged in combat operations" one day earlier in Kunduz province.
The incident was under investigation, the Pentagon said.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for theTaliban, said theykilled theUSforcememberin a blast in thenorthernprovince of Kunduz.
"Our fighterskilled aUSforcememberand injured an Afghan commando," Mujahid said in a text message, which included the photographs.
About 20,000 foreign troops, most of them American, are inAfghanistanas part of aUS-led NATO mission to train, assist and advise Afghanforces. SomeUSforces carry out counter-terrorism operations against Islamist militant groups.
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More than a dozen foreignforcemembers have beenkilled inAfghanistanin 2019.
The United States has been in negotiations withTalibanmilitants over the past year on a deal under which the United States could withdraw itsforces from its longest war in exchange forTalibansecurity guarantees.
This month,USnegotiators said they would take a break from the talks after the insurgents launched a suicide attack on a largeUSbase.
Afghan governmentforces, supported by theUSmilitary, have recently stepped up operations against theTalibanin Kunduz.
TheTalibancontrol more territory than at any point since they were ousted from power in 2001.