Search goes on for 2 soldiers in Afghanistan
More than 25 security personnel wounded while looking for Americans
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Published: November 7, 2009
KABUL — Two American soldiers disappeared in western Afghanistan after a routine resupply mission, and more than 25 NATO and Afghan security forces members were wounded during the search mission for them, the alliance said Friday.
Military officials indicated it was unlikely the two missing had been taken captive.
NATO forces headquarters in Afghanistan said the two paratroopers from the Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team,
82nd Airborne Division, went missing on Wednesday.
During the search operation to locate them, more than 25 NATO and Afghan national security forces members were wounded, said
Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a NATO spokesman.
He could not say how many of the wounded were Afghan and how many were NATO, nor was the nationality of the NATO soldiers released.
The wounded were being treated in a coalition forces facility in Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement.
Local police said the two were Americans who were swept away by a river in the western province of Badghis.
Military officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to command policy, indicated that they did not suspect the case was similar to that of an American soldier who was captured by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on June 30.
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