A repeat of Wanat

On the day after the NYTimes retells the story of the battle of Wanat (see next,) the Taleban conduct the same sort of complex operation in the same area with the same awful result, killing 8 US soldiers, 7 Afghan soldiers, and capturing up to 15 Afghans.

Also in Afghanistan,

An Afghan soldier on guard at a joint base with U.S. troops shot dead two American servicemen and wounded two others as they slept...

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