The raid, involving both U.S. and Afghan special forces, took place during operations to push back Taliban fighters from the vicinity of Kunduz, the strategic city they had come close to overrunning in October. The unit came under heavy fire from Taliban fighters using civilian houses as firing positions and suffered several casualties before calling in air support, the military added. Forces in Afghanistan said in the statement, adding that “all possible measures” would be taken to protect Afghan civilians. Some of the casualties may also have been caused by a Taliban ammunition dump that exploded. Two U.S. soldiers and three Afghan army commandos were killed and another four Americans and 11 Afghan commandos wounded, with around 26 Taliban fighters also killed.

Source: Huffington Post January 12, 2017 10:36 UTC