US identifies 4 Americans killed in Afghanistan
Iran Press TV
Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:32AM GMT
The United States Department of Defense has identified four Americans killed in Saturday's crash of a spy aircraft in southern Afghanistan.
The US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) issued a statement on Saturday saying that the soldiers were killed when their plane went down in the province of Zabul. ISAF did not announce the nationality of the soldiers who died.
On Sunday, the Pentagon said all four victims were American airmen: Captain Brandon Cyr, 28, of Woodbridge, Virginia; Captain Reid Nishizuka, 30, of Kailua, Hawaii; Staff Sergeant Daniel Fannin, 30, of Morehead, Kentucky; and Staff Sergeant Richard Dickson, 24, of Rancho Cordova, California.
The Pentagon said the crash of the MC-12 was under investigation.
According to the website icasualties.org, 3,288 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the US-led war began in October 2001.
The increasing number of military casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the Afghan war.
The US-led war in Afghanistan removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan, despite the presence of about over 100,000 US-led troops.
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