KABUL—New details of one of the deadliest attacks against American troops in Afghanistan are emerging.
An Army spokesman in nearby Jalalabad says insurgents breached the perimeter of a U.S. outpost before being repelled in a firefight that lasted nearly six hours on Saturday.
Eight American and three Afghan soldiers were killed, the heaviest U.S. loss of life in a single battle there in more than a year.
The military hasn’t released their names, but a defense official said at least some were from Fort Carson.
Most U.S. installations in Iraq and Afghanistan are heavily guarded with rings of razor wire, huge sand-filled barriers, blast walls and security cameras. It is rare—almost unheard of—for insurgents to breach such defenses and get inside.
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NATO says around 100 insurgents were killed in the battle. The local police chief was also captured by the attackers and executed.
