US says 2 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack
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February 9, 2020
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Saturday when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire, the U.S. military said.
Afghanistan's defense ministry said one Afghan soldier was also killed and three injured in the assault.
A member of Nangarhar's provincial council, Ajmal Omer, told The Associated Press that the gunman was killed. Neither the U.S. military nor the Afghan defense ministry have confirmed the attacker's fate.
The U.S. Department of Defense released later...
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