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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject: US troops pull out of Afghan base after attack |
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US troops pull out of Afghan base after attack
By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote
outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American
soldiers this week, officials said Wednesday.
Compounding the military setback, insurgents quickly seized the
village of Wanat in Nuristan province after driving out the handful of
police left behind to defend government offices, Afghan officials
said.
Sunday's attack by some 200 militants armed with machine guns, rocket-
propelled grenades and mortars was the deadliest for the U.S. military
in Afghanistan in three years. Rebels fought their way into the newly
established base, wounding another 15 Americans and suffering heavy
casualties of their own, before the defenders and warplanes could
drive them back.
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