Herat: early morning a US soldier and an Afghan civilian died after being involved in a gunbattle as the US military spokesman told AFP.
"One US soldier and one Afghan citizen were killed in an exchange of fire in Shindand when US soldiers were searching a compound," Major Mark McCann said.
It is still unclear if they where killed by Talibans or it was about a random factional clash,
"No further details are available at this time," as Maj McCann The US military in a statement said US-led coalition "forces came under fire from an unknown number of enemy forces while conducting a routine search of a compound".
The civilian died immediately and the soldier later of his wounds.
Il Romanaccio at 1:56 PM