3 US Army Special Forces soldiers killed in Niger
Earlier, a spokesman for US Africa Command said a joint US-Nigerien patrol had come under hostile fire in southwest Niger.
WASHINGTON – Three US Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an ambush in Niger on Wednesday while on a routine patrol with Nigerien troops they were training, the New York Times reported, citing US military officials.
Earlier, a spokesman for US Africa Command said a joint US-Nigerien patrol had come under hostile fire in southwest Niger.