An American Special Forces soldier killed in a combat operation on Monday has been named as 33-year-old Michael Goble from New Jersey.

The Taliban claimed they were behind the fatal roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province.

Sergeant Goble, of New Jersey, was part of the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and on combat operations in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, when he suffered fatal injuries, according to a Pentagon statement.

Goble, who is from Westwood, New Jersey, joined the US Army in 2004, going on to be accepted as a Green Beret in 2007.

The Pentagon has identified the US serviceman who died in Afghanistan as Sgt. 1st Class Michael James Goble (pictured). Goble was killed during a combat operation in Kunduz Province, according to the Pentagon

'Sgt. 1st Class Goble was more than just a member of the 7th Special Forces Group, he was a brother to us, and a beloved family member to the Northwest Florida community,' Colonel John W. Sannes, 7th SFG (A) commander, told abcNews.

'We will honor our brother's sacrifice and provide the best possible care to his family. We ask that you keep his Family and teammates in your thoughts and prayers.'

Shortly after the initial US military statement on the latest fatality, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted that the US soldier was killed in the Chardara district in northern Kunduz province where US and Afghan forces were carrying out a joint raid.

Mr Mujahid said the insurgents had planted roadside bomb that killed the service member.

The latest fatality brings the number of American deaths in Afghanistan this year to 20.

Two chief warrant officers, David Knadle, 33, and Kirk Fuchigami Jr., became numbers 18 and 19 after their helicopter crashed while flying over eastern Logar province.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the deaths, saying they had downed the helicopter, causing many fatalities. The US military dismissed the Taliban claim as false.

A file photo from May 2013 in Ghazni, Afghanistan shows US soldiers accompanying an armored vehicle

US President Donald Trump (pictured left) can be seen talking to the press on the White House Lawn yesterday. A man alleged to be a member of the Taliban is pictured on the right. After a breakdown in peace talks between America and the Taliban in the fall, the Afghani insurgents pledged that Washington would 'regret' Trump's withdrawal and vowed to keep fighting

There have also been three non-combat deaths in 2019. More than 2,400 Americans have died in the near 18-year conflict.

Scores of Afghan civilians are also killed in the crossfire or by roadside bombs planted by militants.

The Taliban now controls or holds sway over practically half of Afghanistan but continues to stage near-daily attacks targeting Afghan and US forces, as well as government officials.

Attempts have been made by the US to negotiate with the fundamentalist movement but US President Donald Trump abruptly withdrew from peace talks in the fall, resulting in a pledge to continue fighting from top Taliban militants.

In September Trump, pictured with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in November, abruptly called the year-long effort 'dead' and withdrew an invitation to the insurgents to join secret talks

'We had two ways to end occupation in Afghanistan, one was jihad and fighting, the other was talks and negotiations,' Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in September.

'If Trump wants to stop talks, we will take the first way and they will soon regret it.'

An American source said that the US and the Taliban restarted talks to end the two-decade war at the start of this month.