An Afghan teenager has killed an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan by stabbing him in the neck, senior US military officials have confirmed.
Sergeant Michael Cable, 26, was guarding a meeting of Afghan and US officials in Nangarhar province when the attack happened last Wednesday.
The soldier was playing with a group of children outside when the assailant stabbed him from behind.
One of the officials estimated the attacker was around 16-years-old, but he escaped over the border to Pakistan so his age could not be verified.
The official said the youth was not believed to be from the Afghan security forces so the killing is not being classified as an insider attack.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the young man was acting independently when he killed the soldier, but had since joined the Islamic militant movement.
The Pentagon said in a statement last week that Sgt Cable died from injuries sustained when his unit was attacked by enemy forces.
The Philpot, Kentucky, native joined the US Army in August 2007 and arrived at Fort Campbell in December 2010.
He had already served one tour in Iraq and was due to return from Afghanistan in June.
At least 14 US soldiers died in March, compared with four in the previous two months, according to an Associated Press tally.
The number of American troops killed in Afghanistan has dropped sharply as international forces increasingly take a back seat while preparing to end their combat mission by the end of 2014.
But they continue to face dangers ranging from roadside bombs to attacks by their Afghan counterparts or insurgents disguised as government forces.
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