A U.S. Army soldier from the 10th Mountain Division stops along a vantage point above a Forward Operating Base at Kamdesh, Nuristan in eastern Afghanistan. Robert Nickelsberg / GettyAfghanistan: Inside Kamdesh Base Attacks -- CBS News
Details Emerge on Battle Breached U.S. Outpost, Killing 8 American, 3 Afghan Troops
(CBS/AP) Insurgents who conducted one of the deadliest attacks against American troops in Afghanistan breached the perimeter of a U.S. outpost before being repelled, a U.S. official said Wednesday as new details emerged of the battle.
Eight American and three Afghan soldiers were killed in the nearly six-hour firefight Saturday, the heaviest U.S. loss of life in a single battle here in more than a year. The toll comes amid intense debate within the Obama administration over how to quell the violence, including whether the U.S. should escalate the eight-year war by deploying as many as 40,000 additional troops.
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More News On The Battle of Kamdesh
US: Insurgents breached base during Kamdesh battle -- AP
U.S. outpost attacks were fierce -- UPI
U.S. Afghanistan Base: Death Trap From The Beginning -- ABC News
Afghan insurgents pushed into U.S. base, official says -- CNN
Nuristan Violence Part of a Years-Long Campaign? -- Registan
Afghan police freed after US raid -- BBC
Fighting Uphill in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Why Were U.S. Troops Ever On Remote Afghan Outposts? -- NPR
Taliban say control area after battle with U.S. -- Reuters
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