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US soldiers under fire near extremist "base" in southern Afghanistan.
(From Agence France Presse)
US soldiers scouring a cave complex believed to be an extremist base in southeastern Afghanistan came under fire but there were no casualties, the US military said.
Shots were fired at a US patrol by a single attacker on the fifth day of Operation Mongoose, a major offensive launched after heavy fighting left 18 anti-government rebels dead in mountains near the border town of Spin Boldak.
Military spokesman Colonel Roger King said Saturday the incident took place at around noon Friday (0730 GMT) as a sweep of the area brought to 30 the number of caves searched on the rugged Adighar mountain.
"One man took some shots at a US patrol, he did not hit anything. He tried to duck back in a cave," King told reporters at Bagram, a US base north of Kabul.
"US forces went up the hill and isolated the cave and fired an AT-4 anti tank rocket. After the smoke cleared they went into the cave, but found no signs of any occupation.
"It is possible he fired and went behind a rock."
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