http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091004/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan]8 US troops killed in fierce Afghan fighting (AP) [/URL]



AP - Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops in the deadliest assault against U.S. forces in more than a year, military officials said Sunday.