BREAKING NEWS: Scores Of U.S. Troops Surrounded And Trapped By Taliban Forces In Marjah, Afghanistan

FOX News: More than a dozen US troops trapped amid Afghanistan firefight

More than a dozen U.S. Army special operations soldiers are trapped in Marjah, Afghanistan, taking cover in a compound surrounded by enemy fire and hostile Taliban fighters after a U.S. special operations solider was killed earlier in the day, senior U.S. defense officials told Fox News late Tuesday.

A U.S. official described the “harrowing” scene to Fox News, saying there were enemy forces surrounding the compound in which the special operations team sought refuge.

“On the map there is one green dot representing friendly forces stuck in the compound, and around it is a sea of red [representing hostile forces],” the official told Fox News.

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WNU Editor: The media focus right now is on North Korea's nuclear test ... but this is also a big story. Apparently these US forces have been surrounded for the entire day, and according to FOX News the U.S. military is waiting for daybreak to mount a rescue mission. Heavy air-strikes have been called in, including the use of an AC-130 gunship. The wounded have not been evacuated, and the helicopter that was sent in originally is disabled.