In news from Afghanistan, a U.S. soldier has been killed in a bomb explosion outside Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Helmand Province. This comes only days after more than 100 U.S. soldiers were sent to Lashkar Gah to fight the Taliban in what is believed to be the first deployment of U.S. troops to the city since 2014. The name of the U.S. soldier who died has not yet been released.