According to the United States Army’s top general in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday, five U.S. Special Operations troops were wounded while fighting alongside their Afghan counterparts, battling ISIS (the Islamic State, IS, ISIL, Daesh) in the Nangahar province.

He told reporters that the operators had been injured by “small-arms fire” and “shrapnel”, and that it had occurred during the week prior.

Thankfully, General John W. Nicholson, Jr. said that two of the troops had already rejoined their unit. The other three, while successfully flown out of the country, were not facing life-threatening predicaments. Although vague on details, Nicholson added that the operators were in good spirits.

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The troops came under fire during what Nicholson called “clearing operations” as U.S. and Afghan troops pushed into southern Nangahar following a series of airstrikes.

In January, President Obama gave additional authorities to ground commanders in Afghanistan, allowing them to target the growing cell of Islamic State fighters in the country’s east. At the time, their presence was estimated to be around 3,000 fighters, though Nicholson says he believes that number has been cut in half in the past six months following Afghan-led offensive operations supported by U.S. troops and airstrikes.

“It’s a very dynamic battlefield down there … but we think we’ve reduced their numbers very significantly,” Nicholson said.

Nicholson added that a majority of the Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan, roughly 70 percent, are former Pakistani Taliban members who had joined the Islamic State earlier this year.

We’ll update this post if any further news is broken about the recovering military members.