8 U.S. Troops killed in Afghan on Sunday
“Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. Soldiers, 2 Afghan security troops and capturing more than 20 Afghan troops in the deadliest assault against U.S. Forces in more than a year”, military officials said Sunday.
The gun battle erupted at dawn Saturday in in the Kamdesh district of mountainous Nuristan province and raged throughout the the day, is likely to fuel the debate in Washington over the direction of the troubled eight year war.
It was the biggest U.S. Loss of life in a single battle since July 2008, when nine American soldiers were killed in a raid on an outpost in Wanat in the same province.
U.S troops used artillery, helicopter gunships, and air strikes to to repel the attackers killing many enemies, said NATO.
The Taliban was claimed responsible for the attack. The attack was located just 20 miles (30km) from the Paskistani border.
A roadside bomb also killed a U.S. Service member southwest of Kabul on Saturday, bringing the death toll for the month to 15.
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