Fred Harteis News Articles -  Taliban insurgents mounted a large-scale attack on an American forward operating base in eastern Afghanistan in the early hours of Sunday, killing nine soldiers of the NATO security force in Afghanistan in fierce fighting that continued through the day.

The Associated Press reported that all nine were Americans. Mark Laity, a spokesman for NATO, confirmed that nine soldiers had been killed and 15 more wounded, but did not give their nationality. Four Afghan soldiers also were wounded, he said.

 

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