Taliban kill 10 French paratroopers, raid US base

SUROBI, Afghanistan (AP) -- Insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 soldiers in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

The deaths of the French soldiers on Monday marked the biggest single combat loss for international forces in Afghanistan in more than three years.

10 Taliban fighters killed in Afghan clashes

Associated Press

Mon Aug 18

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