theHawk
07-14-2008, 01:59 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/afghan.violence/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Insurgents who squared off with U.S. soldiers in a major battle in eastern Afghanistan overran a military observation point just outside a coalition outpost, but failed to take the base, a U.S. military official told CNN.
U.S.-led coalition, Afghan and NATO officials were attempting to piece together details about the confrontation which occurred Sunday in Kunar province, a location close to the Pakistan border.
"It was heroic fighting," said another official, NATO spokesman Mark Laity, describing the U.S.-led troop performance.
"They wanted to overrun that base," he added, referring to the militants. "They failed."
The fighting left nine U.S. soldiers dead and 15 wounded. It marked the most fatalities in an attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan in three years. An Afghan official estimated that 100 militants died or were wounded in the fighting.
:salute: to those troops in the battle.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Insurgents who squared off with U.S. soldiers in a major battle in eastern Afghanistan overran a military observation point just outside a coalition outpost, but failed to take the base, a U.S. military official told CNN.
U.S.-led coalition, Afghan and NATO officials were attempting to piece together details about the confrontation which occurred Sunday in Kunar province, a location close to the Pakistan border.
"It was heroic fighting," said another official, NATO spokesman Mark Laity, describing the U.S.-led troop performance.
"They wanted to overrun that base," he added, referring to the militants. "They failed."
The fighting left nine U.S. soldiers dead and 15 wounded. It marked the most fatalities in an attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan in three years. An Afghan official estimated that 100 militants died or were wounded in the fighting.
:salute: to those troops in the battle.