A U.S. soldier became the second American to be killed in Afghanistan this month after a firefight with Al Qaeda forces on Saturday, defense officials told Fox News. U.S. Army Ranger Sgt. Leandro Jasso, 25, from Leavenworth, Wash., was wounded by small arms fire while conducting an operation to eliminate Al Qaeda militants in Nimruz Province, located in the southwest part of Afghanistan. He enlisted in the Army in August 2012 and was serving as a team leader on his third deployment to Afghanistan. International forces have also suffered from so-called insider attacks in recent months, in which Afghan soldiers or police have opened fire on them.

Source: Fox News November 25, 2018 17:03 UTC