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U.S. soldier wounded in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A U.S. Special Forces soldier was wounded Wednesday in what some military sources described as a "hit-and-run attack" in downtown Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Maj. A.C. Roper, chief public affairs officer at the U.S. air base in Kandahar, said the soldier was on patrol when he was hit and has been transported to the base, where he was in stable condition.

Roper said the soldier was shot in the face by an unknown assailant who then fled the scene.

"We're under a constant threat here, not only on the air base but also in the city," Roper said.

"There are elements of al Qaeda and non-Afghan Taliban forces that don't want us here," he said. "They don't like the progress that we've made, but we're here to accomplish the mission, and we will not be deterred."