US Navy SEAL commander dies in Afghanistan: reports

WASHINGTON: A sailor identified by US media as the commanding officer of US Navy SEAL Team 4 has died in Afghanistan, military officials said Sunday.

The Pentagon said Commander Job Price, 42, did not die in combat, and that his death is under investigation.

Price, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, died Saturday of a "non-combat related injury while supporting stability operations in (central) Uruzgan province, Afghanistan," a Defense Department statement said.

It said Price was assigned to a Naval Special Warfare unit in Virginia
Beach, Virginia.

NBC News reported that Price commanded SEAL Team 4, one of eight SEAL team deployments.

SEAL Team 6 became famous after finding and killing Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who is accused of being the architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.