According to the spokesman of the Afghan Ministry of Defense Mohammad Radmanish, joined by the AFP, the American soldiers "were visiting the base of Shahin when they were wounded in the attack".
"We are aware of an incident", the office said in a statement.
The Taliban in a statement did not say if they were directly behind the attack, only crediting a "patriotic Afghan soldier" for the assault. The attack also showed the vulnerability of American soldiers in the field and how U.S.
There has been a series of attacks lately which targeted the U.S. army based in Afghanistan, Earlier this week, a convoy carrying USA and Afghan forces was struck by a roadside bomb and came under small arms fire. It is not always clear if the attackers are rogue members of the Afghan forces or are infiltrators wearing Afghan Army uniforms. But he confirmed that seven soldiers had been evacuated after being wounded in the incident at Camp Shaheen.
"Insider attack Camp Shaheen, Mazar-e Sharif under investigation".
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A Taliban suicide bomb and gun attack on a police hedquarters in eastern Afghanistan killed at least five officers and injured 18 people, authorities said. A spokeswoman for the German forces said that "according to what we know right now, no Germans were affected".
The attack ended midday after almost six hours of clashes, said Najib Danesh, the interior ministry's chief spokesman. Three US army soldiers - Sgt. Eric M. Houck, 25, of Baltimore, Maryland; Sgt. William M. Bays, 29 of Barstow, California; and Cpl.
At least five policemen were killed while 15 others, including five civilians, were wounded after five suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he would present options on Afghanistan to President Donald Trump "very soon".
Special forces soldiers in the Afghan army, generally referred to as commandos, are much more highly trained than regular troops and work in proximity to US soldiers, including serving as partners in ground combat operations, as well as in training exercises.
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