Two US soldiers killed, one wounded in Afghanistan

Two U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan and a third was wounded in action on Wednesday evening during a raid against a branch of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), officials announced.

The service members were conducting an operation with Afghan National Defense and Security Forces against ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) insurgents in Nangarhar Province, located in the eastern region of Afghanistan, according to a U.S. Forces-Afghanistan spokesman.

{mosads}”The fight against ISIS-K is important for the world, but sadly, it is not without sacrifice,” said U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Commander Gen. John Nicholson. “On behalf of all U.S. Forces and our coalition partners, I offer our deepest sympathies to the families, friends, and fellow service members of our fallen comrades.”

The military has not yet named the soldiers.