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A strong Taliban force attacked a
coalition base in Halmand province of
Afghanistan shortly after midnight
using mortars, rocket-propelled
grenades, and small arms.
In retaliation, US aircraft dropped 3
500-pound bombs and 2 1000-pound
bombs. They followed that up with
high-explosive rockets, guided
missiles, and incendiary rounds
killing 12 terrorists initially and 20
more in another engagement early
morning.
1 US and 1 Canadian soldier died and 4
coalition soldiers and 1 Afghan
soldier were injured in the attack.
This is the largest attack on a
coalition base in several months. Two
weeks ago, the Taliban had promised a
wave of attacks in spring and this
seems to be the first.
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