Five U.S. Special Operation soldiers and at least one Afghan soldier were killed in southern Afghanistan late Monday when an errant airstrike struck their position during a skirmish with Taliban forces.

As the New York Times reports:

According to government statistics, 2,323 U.S. soldiers have died since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Once confirmed, these latest soldiers killed will bring that number up to 2,328. According to the Costs of War website, at least 21,000 Afghan civilians have been killed in the same time period.

In a recent speech at West Point, President Obama vowed to leave a substantial troop presence in the country for at least several more years. So far, despite the recent prisoner exchange between the U.S. and the Taliban, in which Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was traded for five captured Taliban members, no significant progress has been made towards reaching a settlement for lasting peace.

The war in Afghanistan is now the longest in U.S. history, with no discernible end in sight.

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