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Us Special forces soldier shot dead in Afghanistan

A US special forces soldier on a surveillance mission near the Pakistani border with Afghanistan has been shot dead.

An Afghani solider travelling with him was injured.

The American soldier, is the 10th US military member killed by hostile fire since the start of the war in Afghanistan last October.

Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold, the director of operations of the Joint Staff says the attack by unknown assailants occured at Shikn, a border town in eastern Afghanistan which has been a crossing point in the past for suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters.

21/05/2002 04:00:29 | ABC Radio Australia News

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