 The US military says an American soldier was wounded and one militant killed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday. It says the soldier was wounded while on patrol near Jalalabad in eastern Nangarhar province when a homemade bomb detonated but he was treated and later returned to duty. After the blast militants "attacked the patrol with small arms fire. The patrol returned fire, killing one insurgent and capturing three more." The attack came two days after four militants were killed and five others arrested including several Arab fighters in Barikaw district also in Nangarhar. |