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Associated Press Published 5:13 a.m. ET Dec. 14, 2018

US soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division US Army stand at attention during the Army Safety Excellence Award ceremony inside the Forward Operating Base Arian at the Ghazni province on May 20, 2013.(Photo: DIBYANGSHU SARKAR, AFP/Getty Images)

KABUL, Afghanistan The U.S. military says an American service member has died in a non-combat-related incident in Afghanistan, without offering further information.

The militarys statement says the incident happened on Thursday and is being investigated.

The service members identity was being withheld until his family could be notified.

About 14,000 U.S. military personnel are serving in Afghanistan, training and assisting Afghanistans beleaguered national forces, which come under near daily attacks by the Taliban who hold sway over nearly half the country.

The U.S.-led NATO mission handed off Afghanistans security to Afghan troops in December 2014, but they have struggled to quash the insurgency, which has grown to include an Islamic State affiliate.

Washington has spent nearly $1 trillion in Afghanistan since the Talibans ouster in 2001.

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