The US military announced, in a statement today, Sunday, that two of its soldiers were killed and 6 others were wounded, in an armed attack in eastern Afghanistan, which occurred on Saturday.
The US military said that reports indicated that a person dressed as an Afghan armed forces opened fire on an American and Afghan force from an automatic cannon . The spokesman for the US forces in Afghanistan, Colonel Sony Legit, said that the incident, which occurred in Nangarhar province, occurred after the return of a joint US-Afghan force from a "major counterinsurgency mission". Legit added: "We are still collecting information and the reason or motive behind the attack is not known at this time . " Earlier, officials in Kabul said that American and Afghan forces were attacked in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday . After the engagement, US military officials confirmed that preliminary information indicated several American casualties in the accident . "Internal attacks" targeting US and Afghan government forces have become a frequent feature of the Afghan conflict, although they have retreated slightly in recent years .
