This one is going to be bad, folks....
MSNBC Reporting at 2:31AM:
Eight American soldiers and two Afghans have been killed in an attack on two outposts in remote eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
A tribal militia launched the attack from a mosque and a nearby village in Nuristan, one of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement. The Americans and Afghans repelled the attack and "inflicted heavy enemy casualties," the statement said.
In the U.S. statement, Col. Randy George described it as "a complex attack in a difficult area." The Taliban claimed responsibility.
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This attack was launched from inside a mosque that was considered off-limits for US forces.
That's 24 U.S. Soldiers (Plus 4 French, 2 UK) killed in Afghanistan in the last several days, plus Two more U.S> Soldiers in the Phillipines.
The raid began around dawn Saturday morning and lasted several hours, said Jamaludin Badar, governor of Nuristan province. Badar said the two outposts were on a hill — one on top and one at the foot of the slope — flanked by the village on one side and the mosque on the other.
The U.S. military statement said the Americans and Afghans repelled the attack by tribal fighters and "inflicted heavy enemy casualties."
"This was a complex attack in a difficult area," Col. Randy George, the area commander, said in the U.S. statement. "Both the U.S. and Afghan soldiers fought bravely together."
More as it comes ....