U.S. soldier dies in Afghan shootout
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(CNN) -- A U.S. soldier has been killed and two others wounded in a shootout with militants near the Afghan city of Shkin in Paktika province, south of Kabul, a U.S. military spokesman said Tuesday.
Two militants also died in Monday's gunbattle.
On August 31, two U.S. soldiers died and a third was wounded in the same area.
A upsurge in attacks by the Taliban since mid-summer -- the Islamic militia that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 -- has wreaked havoc in parts of Afghanistan in recent months. Numerous Afghan police and soldiers have been killed.
A U.S.-led campaign ousted the Taliban in 2001 as part of a move against al Qaeda in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist attacks.
