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Melania Trump packs 'comfort kits' for US troops and expresses sorrow for three soldiers killed in Afghanistan

"Today's tragic news out of Afghanistan only drives home the need to support the men and women in our military and their families," the first lady said.

First lady Melania Trump assisted the Red Cross in packing care packages for US troops on Tuesday, and expressed her condolences for the soldiers killed in a bombing in Afghanistan on the same day.

"Today's tragic news out of Afghanistan only drives home the need to support the men and women in our military and their families. We lift up the families affected by this terrible loss," she said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing that killed three US service members near Ghazni on Tuesday, making it the largest loss of American lives in the war zone this year, Daily Mail reports.