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Taliban fighters storm US base.
Aljazeera.net
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July 17, 2008
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Taliban fighters have stormed a Nato-led forces' outpost in northeastern Afghanistan, killing nine American soldiers and wounding another fifteen, before being driven back.
Mark Laity, a Nato civilian spokesman, told Al Jazeera that the Taliban's attack on the base on Sunday was "substantial" but had been defeated.
"Very, very rarely do they get through the wire," he said on Monday.
"Overall fighting is actually still overwhelmingly going our way ... this is the time of year when the Taliban attack a lot and that's ...
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