Two U.S. service members were killed during an operation in Afghanistan on Friday, according to U.S. and NATO forces. The statement didn't specify the location of combat, what the service members were doing or who they were fighting. The fatalities bring the number of U.S. service members killed this year in Afghanistan to four. American forces have been supporting Afghan troops fighting the Taliban and the Islamic State, which has expanded its footprint in the country. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said recently that 45,000 Afghan troops had been killed in the past four years, the BBC reported.

Source: Fox News March 22, 2019 05:54 UTC