9 US soldiers killed in attack on outpost in Afghanistan

Report: 9 killed in attack on remote Afghan outpost

By Jason Straziuso - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jul 13, 2008 13:48:23 EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan — A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American soldiers Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. troops since the 2001 invasion, a Western official said.

Militants fired machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars from homes and a mosque in the village of Wanat in the northeastern province of Kunar, a mountainous region that borders Pakistan, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said in a statement.

The attack on the relatively new outpost began at 4:30 a.m. Sunday and lasted throughout the day.
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