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KABUL - Hundreds of insurgents stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops in the deadliest assault against U.S. forces in more than a year, military officials said Sunday.
The battle, which erupted at dawn Saturday in the Kamdesh district of mountainous Nuristan province and raged throughout the day, is likely to fuel the debate in Washington over the direction of the troubled eight-year war.See the full content of this document
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Eight American Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
It was the heaviest U.S. loss of life in a single battle since July 2008, when nine Americ...
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