KABUL (Pajhwok): The Pentagon has identified an American soldier who was killed in a car bombing in Kabul this week.
Sgt. 1st Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, 34, from Puerto Rico, was killed in action on Thursday when the explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
A statement from the Defense Department said Ortiz was assigned to the 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
He was the fourth US service member killed in the past . . .
