U.S. service member killed by IED in Afghanistan

A U.S. special operations service member was killed in Afghanistan while on a foot patrol with Afghan forces on a counterterrorism mission, the Pentagon said Tuesday, while declining to specifically say that service member died in combat.

The U.S. military says the service member died when an improvised explosive device, or IED was triggered in the Achin district, Nangarhar province, while on a mission to target an Islamic State-affiliated group known as the Islamic State, Khorasan.