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Afghanistan
Pentagon releases details of the U.S. soldier who died from non-combat injury in Afghanistan
2019-05-09
[KhaamaPress] The Department of Defense, Pentagon, on Wednesday released the details of a U.S. soldier who died from non-combat incident wounds in Afghanistan.

According to a statement further added that the soldier was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

"Spc. Miguel L. Holmes, 22, from Hinesville, Georgia, died May 6, 2019, in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from a non-combat incident. The incident is under investigation," the statement.

The Department of Defense also added that Holmes was assigned to 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Savannah, Georgia.

The U.S. soldiers are supporting the Afghan armed forces in their fight against Taliban
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and ISIS Khurasan Lions of Islam in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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