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A U. S. soldier from 2nd Platoon of the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, aims his rifle during a road clearance patrol in the mountains of Wardak Province July 4, 2009.   REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY)

Taliban attack US base in Afghanistan with truck bomb, rockets, mortars, killing 2 US troops

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KABUL - Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued with their massive anti-Taliban push.