Fox News reported the Army Rangers killed “hundreds" of the ISIS fighters, although at some cost – five Rangers were shot and at least two remain hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told Bret Baier on Thursday that the Army Rangers' actions in the operation were “heroic” and confirmed they were involved in heavy combat. ISIS fighters in Afghanistan claimed to have recently seized a trove of sensitive U.S. military equipment – including communications gear, a rocket launcher and the ID card of a U.S. soldier –but it remains unclear how the items came into the terror group’s possession. That’s the location where a company of nearly 150 U.S. Army Rangers recently took part in a multi-day assault against up to 1,500 ISIS-affiliated fighters. The American soldier whose identification was pictured, U.S. Army Specialist Ryan Jay Larson, was not captured by ISIS, Brigadier General Charlie Cleveland told Fox News on Sunday.

Source: Fox News August 07, 2016 18:22 UTC