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(回答先: アフガンで銃撃戦、米兵１人死亡１人重体 [cnn.co.jp] 投稿者 ひろ 日時 2003 年 4 月 26 日 09:14:14)
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One U.S. Soldier Dead, Five Hurt in Afghanistan
Fri April 25, 2003 05:53 PM ET
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier was killed and five were wounded on Friday in a battle in southeastern Afghanistan in which at least three opposing fighters also died, the U.S. military said.
A statement from Col. Roger King, spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, said one Afghan government soldier was also hurt in the clash with about 20 fighters near a U.S. base at Shkin in Paktika province near the border with Pakistan.
The statement said the clash took place near a site used in the past by opposing forces to launch rocket attacks after a platoon-sized unit responded to a report of suspicious activity.
The statement did not identify the U.S. units involved and said names of the casualties were being withheld pending notification of next of kin. It did not give the condition of the wounded.
At a briefing in Washington, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided more details on the incident, including what turned out to be a mistaken report that two U.S. troops had been killed in the incident, rather than one.
A Pentagon spokesman, Marine Lt. Col. Dave Lapan, attributed Myers' erroneous statement to "conflicting initial reports."
Myers told the briefing: "Additionally some U.S. and Afghan soldiers were wounded. We engaged the enemy from the ground and from the air and continue to look for them."
About 11,500 U.S.-led coalition troops are in Afghanistan pursuing remnants of the former Taliban regime and the al Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States in 2001.
RUMSFELD SET TO VISIT
King's statement said a second platoon-sized quick reaction force was sent to the area of the attack and the fighters fled across the border into Pakistan. The statement did not identify who the fighters were.
"U.S. forces estimate at least three enemy were killed in the exchange of fire," King's statement said.
It said two coalition air force F-16 Fighting Falcons, two U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolts and two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters were called in but did not find a target when they reached the area.
Afghan officials have reported an upsurge in activity by remnants of the Taliban who they say are attempting to regroup.
They say a spate of recent attacks since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq appeared to have been orchestrated from Pakistani territory.
Pakistan was the key supporter of the Taliban until it sided with the U.S.-led "war on terror" after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Last month two U.S. special forces soldiers were killed and another wounded in an ambush in the south of Afghanistan blamed on Taliban remnants, and six U.S. military personnel died in a helicopter crash.
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