20 militants killed during attack on base
From Times Wire Reports
A group of 75 Taliban militants tried to overrun a U.S.-led coalition base in southern Afghanistan in a brazen attack that left more than 20 militants dead, the coalition said.
The militants attacked Firebase Anaconda in Oruzgan province from three sides, with gunfire, grenades and 107-millimeter rockets, the coalition said. A Afghan-U.S. force repelled the attack with mortars, machine guns and air power.
Two girls and two Afghan soldiers were wounded, it said.
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