State Department diplomat with Chicago ties killed in Afghanistan

State Department diplomat with Chicago ties killed in Afghanistan

Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was one of five Americans killed in a car bomb attack on Saturday in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday. Three of the dead were U.S. service members and the fifth a civilian employee of the

Anne Smedinghoff was the first U.S. diplomat to be killed since the horrific attack on the Benghazi consulate on September 11th, 2012. On Saturday, the…

Mr. Secretary, I mourn the death of Foreign Service Officer Anne Smedinghoff in Afghanistan. Are you the same man you were in 1971? Will you not demand that American lives stop being wasted in Afghanistan and bring

Anne Smedinghoff died Saturday in an IED blast while donating books to a school in Qalat in Zabul province. Three U.S. troops and a civilian employee also died. Four State Department employees were injured, one critically.

Anne Smedinghoff. (CNN) â€" The death toll has surged from weekend violence in Afghanistan, with six Americans and more than a dozen Afghan civilians reportedly among the casualties. Five Americans â€" including a U.S.