Afghanistan: Nine U.S. Soldiers Killed in Taliban Assault on Base
July 14th, 2008Via: Seattle Times:
Nine U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when Taliban insurgents carried out a bold assault on a remote base near the border with Pakistan, senior U.S. and NATO officials said.
The attack, the worst against U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, illustrated the growing threat of Taliban extremists and their associates, who in recent months have made Afghanistan a far deadlier war zone for U.S.-led forces than Iraq.
U.S. officials say the attacks are becoming more complex, intense and better coordinated than a year ago. Monthly death tolls of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan surpassed U.S. military deaths in Iraq in May and June. And last Monday, a suicide bomber attacked the Indian Embassy in Kabul and killed 58 people in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since 2001.
