3 U.S. troops killed, 1 wounded in Afghanistan

The aftermath of a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan
(Image credit: Noorullah Shirzada/Getty Images)

Three U.S. troops were killed and one more wounded in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Saturday, a local official reported. The attacker was an Afghan soldier who was killed by return fire; the Taliban claimed the shooter was an infiltrator acting on the terrorist organization's behalf.

"We are aware of an incident in Eastern Afghanistan. We will release more information when appropriate," said a Pentagon representative, while the White House confirmed President Trump is "following the emerging situation in Afghanistan."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.