Two United States service members were killed in Afghanistan on June 26, the US military announced
Their names have been withheld pending next of kin notifications and no more information is known about them at this stage, including how they died.The US has had a military presence in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001, during which time more than 2,000 US military personnel have been killed. The new fatalities came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced there had been"real progress" in Afghan peace talks with the Taliban, during an unannounced visit to the country on Tuesday.
Pompeo told reporters that the US government was prepared to remove American troops from the country.Read More"We've made clear to the Taliban that we're prepared to remove our forces, I want to be clear, we've not yet agreed on a timeline to do so," he said Tuesday.Officials have previously told CNN that the Trump administration has instructed the US military to begin drawing up plans for a substantial drawdown of US personnel in Afghanistan.
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