NEW YORK - An Afghan police chief and district Governor helped Taliban militants attack a US outpost in eastern Afghanistan that killed nine US soldiers, the New York Times said, citing a military report on the incident. After the raid, US forces found a large quantity of weapons and ammunition in a police barracks in the village of Wanat near the base. Many of the weapons were dirty and appeared to have been used recently, it said. Afghan and US forces started building the base five days before the July 13 attack, according to the report. About 200 fighters were involved in the raid, almost three times the number of US and Afghan soldiers defending the site. The investigating officer recommended the police chief and Governor be replaced, if not arrested, the Times reported. The senior US Commander in eastern Afghanistan, Major General Jeffrey Schloesser, decided the Governor probably acted under duress and absolved him, the newspaper said.