US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

A US soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Michael D. Kirspel Jr. died after suffering serious injuries following an IED attack on his patrol by the Taliban.

The 23 year old soldier was from New Jersey and was a member of the 10th Mountain Division.

Meanwhile another US soldier, Lance Cpl. Terry Honeycutt, 19, died after wounds he received on October 21st in a Taliban attack in Helmand province.

Another US soldier, Private David Jones, 21, died of a gunshot wound on Wednesday in his barracks in Baghdad. Initial reports suggest he committed suicide however his family have insisted that he and 5 others were killed in a shooting spree at the barracks. They claim that another soldier based at the same barracks had informed them that somebody had gone on a shooting rampage, killing six people. The US Military initially told the family he had killed himself before retracting this explanation but not offering any other.

When asked whether other soldiers or US officials had been killed or injured at the base, the military refused to comment only stating that Pvt. Jones' death was "under investigation".