Pentagon identifies soldiers killed in Afghanistan

IANS  |  Washington 

The has identified two soldiers who were killed last week in Afghanistan's province as a result of what it said were wounds sustained while engaged in combat.

Collette, 29, was assigned to the 242nd Ordnance Battalion, 71st Explosive Ordnance Group in Fort Carson, Colorado, and Lindsay, 33, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, (Airborne) out of

They were killed on Friday during a partnered US-Afghan military operation.

This marks the third and fourth US military deaths in in 2019 and comes as has sought to negotiate with the to help bring the conflict to an end.

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First Published: Sun, March 24 2019. 10:44 IST