Afghan soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangahar province in April 2017.
Photo: ghulamullah habibi/European Pressphoto AgencyWASHINGTON—American and Afghan forces came under direct fire from enemy forces in eastern Afghanistan, resulting in multiple casualties, U.S. military officials said.
Enemy forces in Nangahar province in eastern Afghanistan fired on American and Afghan forces in a firefight there. U.S. and Afghan forces have been fighting both Taliban and Islamic State fighters in Nangarhar, considered one of the more dangerous areas in the country.
“A combined U.S. and Afghan force conducting an operation in Nangahar Province was engaged by direct fire,” Col. Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for the command, said late Saturday. “We are assessing the situation and will provide further updates as they become available.”
Another military official said at least one member of the U.S. military was killed.
It wasn’t yet clear who was behind the attack, and a review of what took place was under way, officials said.
More than 2,400 troops have been killed in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001.
Saturday’s attack comes as the Trump administration struggles to determine the way forward in the war, now in its 18th year. Mr. Trump has sought to end so-called endless wars, including in Afghanistan, but the Pentagon still maintains about 13,000 troops there.
Officials have worked toward a peace agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban, but the path remains elusive and such talks, which restarted in December, haven’t made substantive progress, officials said.
Regardless of the outcome of that process, Mr. Trump has vowed to reduce the number of American forces in Afghanistan, and officials have said the initial reduction could bring home as many as 4,000 troops, leaving a total of about 8,600 troops on the ground there.
Write to Gordon Lubold at Gordon.Lubold@wsj.com and Nancy A. Youssef at nancy.youssef@wsj.com
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