Twenty-one soldiers have been killed and six have been captured in Afghanistan.
The attack on an army checkpoint in Kunar took place as US and NATO forces withdraw from the country ahead of a year-end deadline, shifting the bulk of the fight against Taliban and other militants to Afghans.
General Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Afghan Defence Ministry, described what happened: "This attack was carried out by a lot of domestic and foreign terrorists. As a result of the heavy fighting, a number ...
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