U.S. Forces Fire Missiles at House Believed to Hide Afghan Rebels
American helicopters and fighter jets fired missiles into a house in eastern Afghanistan late Friday after an American soldier was wounded and an Afghan soldier killed in an ambush, a United States military spokesman said today. The men who carried out the ambush were thought to have taken refuge in the house, local Afghan officials said. The ambush was the latest in a series of attacks by presumed Taliban supporters who are opposed to the American military presence in Afghanistan. The ambush occurred late Friday in Khost Province, which borders Pakistan. Gunmen opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles on a convoy of American and Afghan troops. Full Story