One of two American service members who were abducted in Afghanistan on Friday has been killed, provincial government officials said Sunday.

Den Mohammad Darwish, the spokesman for the governor of Logar province, said he learned from locals that the service member was killed. Hesaid the body was found in the Patanak Mountains of Charkh district. He also said the vehicle the men were driving was located Sunday.

A Taliban spokesman confirmed that the killed American died in a firefight and the other is being held by the group.

Another official, Samar Gul Rashid — who is the governor of the Charkh district in Logar province — also confirmed the killing, saying he learned about it through Afghan intelligence officials.

(Source: CNN)