Taliban kill 8 U.S. troops near Pakistan
20 Afghan soldiers captive as battle lasts into 2nd day
Posted: October 5, 2009 at 4:49 a.m.
During a firefight with Taliban militants, U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Doherty (center) of Bastrop, Texas, runs for a new position with fellow Marines with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, and an Afghan soldier, and an interpreter (left) in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Sunday.
Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. servicemen and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops in the deadliest assault against U.S. forces in more than a year, military officials said Sunday.
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