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US bases in eastern Afghanistan closed after Taliban attack
Oct 9, 2009, 14:04 GMT
Kabul - Two US military outposts in Nuristan province in eastern Afghanistan have been closed six days after they came under heavy attack by the Taliban.
The redeployment of the troops in Kamdesh district had been planned before the attacks, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement on Friday.
ISAF said the move was in line with the new strategy of its commander, US General Stanley McChrystal, which involves withdrawing soldiers from remote regions and deploying them in densely populated areas.
In the October 3 fighting eight US and two Afghan soldiers were killed as well as around 100 Taliban militants, the US military said.
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