Afghanistan Kabul, Jan 2, SPA -- One U.S. soldier and an Afghanwere killed Sunday when American troops clashed with gunmenduring a search operation in western Afghanistan, the U.S.military said. The troops came under attack from "an unknown number ofenemy forces" while searching a compound near ShindandAirfield in Herat province early Sunday morning andreturned fire, a military statement said. "The Afghan citizen died at the scene," the statementsaid. "The U.S. soldier was wounded in the attack and ...died a short time later at the airfield as a result ofwounds received." The soldier's name was being withheld until his next ofkin could be notified. The military also didn't identify the dead Afghan, or sayif he was a suspected militant or a bystander.--SPA 1457 Local Time 1157 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/229333