2 US soldiers killed in combat in Afghanistan identified by Pentagon

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Two soldiers were killed Friday in Afghanistan in an incident the Taliban is claiming credit for.

The Department of Defense announced Saturday that Spc. Joseph P. Collette and Sgt. 1st Class Will D. Lindsay died in Kunduz Province as a result of wounds that they suffered during combat during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, the U.S. counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan.

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