NYPD detective among 6 U.S. troops killed in Taliban suicide attack near Kabul

Det. Joseph Lemm was one of 6 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan on Monday
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On Monday, a suicide attacker drove an explosives-laden motorcycle into a military convoy near Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, Afghanistan, killing six U.S. service members and wounding two others, U.S. officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter. It was the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan since August, and struck as the Taliban is on the offensive, notably making a military push to capture Helmand province, a center of the opium poppy fields that help fund the Taliban's insurgency. Among the U.S. troops killed was New York Police Detective Joseph Lemm, 45, NYPD Commissioner William Bratton said late Monday. Lemm was serving his third tour as part of the Air National Guard.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.