Saturday, November 10, 2007

Afghanistan: Six American, Three Afghan Soldiers Killed In Ambush By Taliban

Saturday, November 10, 2007
BBC.co.uk brings us this sad news this morning... Six US soldiers and three Afghan troops have been killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan, Nato officials have said... Militants ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and US troops from Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) in Nuristan province... The ambush is one of the costliest for US forces this year, already the deadliest for the US since it helped overthrow the Taleban in 2001...
Read story in full at link below...
Nine troops dead in Afghan ambush

>>> EuroNews.com has a write-up/video news report at link below...

Taliban strike heavy blow against Nato troops
Map courtesy of CENTCOM

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