Irish US soldier killed in Afghanistan

AN IRISHWOMAN serving with the US Army in Afghanistan has been killed while on duty.

Irish US soldier killed in Afghanistan
Mon, 01 Oct, 2007 - 01:00

Ciara Durkin, 30, originally from Eanach Mheáin in Connemara, died on Thursday but the details of how she was killed have not yet been released to her family. She had been living in Boston, having moved there with her family in 1986.

Durkin was assigned to Afghanistan as part of a finance unit that deployed to the country in November 2006.

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