[ABC] A U.S. service member has died from wounds sustained today in an operation near Lashkar Gar in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the Pentagon confirmed.The service member was conducting "train, advise, assist" activities with Afghan counterparts when the patrol "triggered an improvised explosive device," or IED, according to a news release from U.S. Forces Afghanistan.
The Pentagon has not released the service member's name because of next-of-kin notification.
Another U.S. service member and six Afghan soldiers sustained wounds during the operation.