Body of Missing US Soldier Found in Afghan River

Second American is still missing, believed drowned
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Nov 11, 2009 11:27 AM CST
Body of Missing US Soldier Found in Afghan River
An Afghan boy watches U.S. soldiers as they stop along the Pech River in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.   (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Military divers have found the body of a US soldier who disappeared last week with a fellow soldier as the two tried to recover airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan. The two Americans, from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, went missing Nov. 4 in Badghis province, a remote area that borders Turkmenistan. Local police say the two were swept away by the river. The second American has not been found.
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