Afghanistan: May 19, 2002

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An American special forces soldier was killed by enemy fire while on patrol in eastern Afghanistan. The 28 year old NCO, Arden Vance Jr., was a member of a National Guard special forces unit that was mobilized for operations in Afghanistan. 

The mysterious fever that has afflicted over three dozen British medical personnel in Afghanistan appears to be a common British viral infection called "winter vomiting."

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