Seems we’ve gone some place the enemy prefers we stay away from, and they are determined to keep us out:
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.
Nine U.S. troops were killed in the attack, a Western official said on condition of anonymity because the deaths had not yet been officially announced.
Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green, the top U.S. military spokeswoman in Afghanistan, said she could not comment because the battle was ongoing. She referred calls to NATO headquarters in Kabul.
NATO said in a statement that there have been casualties on both sides but accurate numbers could not be confirmed because the fighting was ongoing. (emphasis added)
The cruelty and fundamental cowardice of our enemies in Afghanistan is on display here by their use of homes and a mosque as cover for their assault on our troops. We’ll have to wait developments, but I’m confident that our troops will quickly win this battle. Meanwhile, pray for our soldiers, and the long-suffering Afghan people.
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