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US combat deaths in Afghanistan hit five-year high

By Zach Halaschak
Published August 22, 2019 8:59pm ET
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US combat deaths in Afghanistan hit five-year high
A soldier looks through the scope of his rifle as he guards a engineer road construction project near the Mas'um Ghar base in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan in this Wednesday Nov. 22, 2006 photo. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) | DAVID GUTTENFELDER

2019 has been the deadliest year for U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan in five years.

The Wednesday deaths of two U.S. service members in Afghanistan push the total killed in combat this year to 14, the most since 2014. The two service members reportedly died from small arms fire, although further details including names and the circumstances of the fatalities has not yet been released.

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