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| Eight American soldiers and two Afghan troops have been killed in a fire-fight in Afghanistan, officials say. | |
| The battle happened in Nuristan province in the remote east of the country when military outposts were attacked, a Nato statement said. | The battle happened in Nuristan province in the remote east of the country when military outposts were attacked, a Nato statement said. |
| The US military described it as a "complex attack in a difficult area". | |
| Violence has escalated in eastern Afghanistan in recent months as insurgents have relocated from the south of the country. | Violence has escalated in eastern Afghanistan in recent months as insurgents have relocated from the south of the country. |
| In a statement, Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said that tribal militia launched attacks on foreign and Afghan military outposts from a mosque and a nearby village. | |
| "Coalition forces effectively repelled the attack and inflicted heavy enemy casualties while eight Isaf and two ANSF [Afghan National Security Forces] members were killed," the statement said. | |
| The statement did not specify exactly where in Nuristan province the attack took place. | |
| Dangerous province | |
| But it said the sources of the conflict in the area involved complicated "tribal, religious and economic dynamics". | |
| This region's mountainous terrain makes it incredibly inaccessible, says the BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul. | |
| Fighters also cross into Afghanistan from Pakistan through this province, he says, making it additionally dangerous. |