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Date Posted: 15:14:41 01/02/02 Wed
Author: Stars and Stripes
Subject: Special Operations soldier wounded in Afghanistan firefight

Wednesday, January 2, 2002


Special Operations soldier wounded in Afghanistan firefight

By Jon R. Anderson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, January 2, 2002



KABUL, Afghanistan — A Special Operations soldier was wounded during a shootout near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, say officials.

"A vehicle carrying Special Ops folks did come under fire," said U.S. Central Command spokesman Maj. Brad Lowell.

The attack came just after noon Monday.

Teams of 5th Special Forces Group soldiers have been operating in the Jalalabad region — which includes the Tora Bora cave complex — for several weeks. The units have been hunting for Taliban and al-Qaida holdouts in the area.

Lowell said the U.S. troops returned fire and "one Special Operations member did receive a gunshot wound to the leg."

It was not a life-threatening injury, said Lowell, who added that the soldier was evacuated to a military hospital in the area.

While the Special Operations team was able to secure the area, their attackers escaped, he said.

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