Taliban blitz American base

KABUL  - Taliban killed nine US troops when they overrun an American base as bloody fighting broke out in several parts of Afghanistan on Sunday, reports a British newspaper. Nato reported that the small American Combat Outpost in Dara-i-Pech district of Kunar province, on the border with Nuristan Province in the east of the country, came under heavy fire at around 4.30am local time, according to The Times. Heavy fighting continued throughout the day with US forces calling in artillery, fast jets and Apache helicopters. Nato spokesmen warned of casualties “on both sides”, and it