Twelve Killed in Fighting in Afghanistan

[maddezmom]

KABUL, Afghanistan - Militants attacked an Afghan border post and an American patrol near the Pakistani frontier, sparking battles in which at least eight rebels and four Afghan soldiers were killed, officials said Tuesday.

The assaults came hours before U.S.-backed leader Hamid Karzai's inauguration as Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s first democratically elected president in the capital. One rocket was fired near Kabul on Monday evening, but landed far from the former royal palace where Karzai was sworn in.


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An hour-long firefight destroyed part of the base and left four Afghan soldiers and at least six militants dead, Gen. Khial Baz said.


"The Americans didn't come to help us," Baz said. "They only came this morning to ask questions."

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[xchrom]

1. "The Americans didn't come to help us," Baz said. "They only came this mor

now there's a surprise.
not.

[Supersedeas]

2. ancient history to Cheney...time to focus on the pipeline.